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A&O Shearman
5th Oct 2026
Addleshaw Goddard
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Akin
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Arnold & Porter
7th Mar 2027
Ashfords
31st Mar 2027
Ashurst Perkins Coie
26th Mar 2027
Baker McKenzie
1st Apr 2026
Bates Wells
2nd Apr 2027
BCLP
31st May 2027
Bevan Brittan
8th Mar 2027
Birketts
1st Jan 2027
Bristows
3rd Jan 2027
Burges Salmon
22nd Jun 2027
Charles Russell Speechlys
15th Jan 2027
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Clifford Chance
19th Nov 2025
Collyer Bristow
24th Jun 2027
Cooley
1st Jan 2026
Covington & Burling
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Davis Polk & Wardwell
30th Nov 2026
Debevoise & Plimpton
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Dechert
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Devonshires
30th Jun 2027
DLA Piper
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Dorsey & Whitney
30th Jun 2027
Druces
Undisclosed
DWF
13th Dec 2026
Fieldfisher
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Fladgate
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Forsters
4th Jan 2027
Fox Williams
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
21st May 2027
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
8th Jan 2027
Goodwin
4th Dec 2026
Greenberg Traurig
30th Nov 2026
Harbottle & Lewis
31st Jan 2027
Haynes and Boone
10th Jan 2027
HFW
8th Jul 2027
Hill Dickinson
10th Jan 2027
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Undisclosed
Howes Percival
20th Jun 2027
Irwin Mitchell
1st Dec 2026
K&L Gates
31st Jul 2027
Kingsley Napley
1st Apr 2026
Kirkland & Ellis
13th Dec 2026
Latham & Watkins
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Lewis Silkin
21st Dec 2027
Linklaters
1st Dec 2026
Macfarlanes
Spring 2026
Marriott Harrison
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Mayer Brown
31st Mar 2027
McDermott Will & Schulte
Undisclosed
Michelmores
31st Jan 2027
Milbank
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Mills & Reeve
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Mishcon de Reya
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
16th Jun 2027
Morrison Foerster
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Northridge Law
29th Jan 2027
Norton Rose Fulbright
30th Oct 2026
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
31st Mar 2027
Osborne Clarke
15th Jan 2027
Penningtons Manches Cooper
12th Mar 2027
Reed Smith
Spring 2027
Ropes & Gray
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
RPC
Undisclosed
Russell-Cooke
3rd Feb 2027
Sidley Austin
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Simmons & Simmons
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Slaughter and May
13th Nov 2026
Squire Patton Boggs
4th Jan 2027
Stephenson Harwood
26th Feb 2027
Stevens & Bolton
31st Jan 2027
Sullivan & Cromwell
31st May 2027
Travers Smith
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
VWV
8th Jan 2027
Walker Morris
31st Jul 2027
Watson Farley & Williams
24th Jun 2026
Wedlake Bell
3rd May 2027
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
1st Dec 2026
White & Case
6th Dec 2026
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
31st Jan 2027
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Wilsons
30th Apr 2027
Winckworth Sherwood
28th Feb 2027
Withers
8th Jan 2027
Womble Bond Dickinson
Firm recruits exclusively through its vacation scheme
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