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Addleshaw Goddard
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Akin
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Arnold & Porter
Undisclosed
Ashfords
31st Mar 2026
Ashurst Perkins Coie
27th Mar 2026
Baker McKenzie
1st Apr 2026
Bates Wells
3rd Apr 2026
BCLP
31st May 2026
Bevan Brittan
17th Mar 2026
Birketts
5th Jan 2026
Bristows
2nd Jan 2026
Burges Salmon
22nd Jun 2026
Charles Russell Speechlys
15th Jan 2026
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Clifford Chance
19th Nov 2025
Clyde & Co
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
CMS
4th Dec 2025
Collyer Bristow
25th Jun 2026
Cooley
1st Jan 2026
Cripps
4th Jan 2026
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle
Undisclosed
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Debevoise & Plimpton
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Dechert
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Dentons
31st January 2026 (London & Milton Keynes); 31st March 2026 (Central Belt)
Devonshires
Undisclosed
DLA Piper
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Dorsey & Whitney
Undisclosed
Druces
Undisclosed
DWF
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Farrer & Co
27th Mar 2026
Fladgate
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Forsters
5th Jan 2026
Fox Williams
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
22nd May 2026
Gateley
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Goodwin
12th Dec 2025
Greenberg Traurig
16th Jan 2026
Harbottle & Lewis
31st Jan 2026
Haynes and Boone
8th Jun 2025
HFW
16th Jul 2026
Hill Dickinson
16th Jan 2026
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
31st Mar 2027
Howes Percival
20th Jun 2026
Irwin Mitchell
Undisclosed
K&L Gates
31st Jul 2026
Kennedys
28th Nov 2025
Kingsley Napley
1st Apr 2026
Kirkland & Ellis
14th Dec 2025
Latham & Watkins
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Lewis Silkin
21st Dec 2027
Linklaters
3rd Dec 2025
Macfarlanes
26th Jun 2026
Marriott Harrison
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Mayer Brown
31st Mar 2025
McDermott Will & Schulte
31st Oct 2026
Mills & Reeve
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Mishcon de Reya
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
19th Jun 2026
Morrison Foerster
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Northridge Law
30th Jan 2026
Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
30th Apr 2026
Osborne Clarke
15th Jan 2026
Paul Hastings
30th Jun 2026
Penningtons Manches Cooper
28th Mar 2026
Reed Smith
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Ropes & Gray
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
RPC
12th Jan 2026
Russell-Cooke
6th Feb 2026
RWK Goodman
Undisclosed
Sidley Austin
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Simmons & Simmons
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom
1st Dec 2025
Slaughter and May
13th Nov 2026
Squire Patton Boggs
5th Jan 2026
Stephenson Harwood
27th Mar 2026
Stevens & Bolton
31st Jan 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell
12th Jun 2026
Travers Smith
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Trowers & Hamlins
5th Jan 2026
Vinson & Elkins
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
VWV
14th Jan 2026
Ward Hadaway
31st Jan 2026
Watson Farley & Williams
24th Jun 2026
Wedlake Bell
1st May 2026
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
1st Dec 2026
White & Case
12th Jul 2026
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
31st Jan 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
Wilsons
30th Apr 2026
Winckworth Sherwood
28th Feb 2026
Winston Taylor
Undisclosed
Withers
28th Feb 2026
Womble Bond Dickinson
Firm recruits exclusively through it's vacation scheme
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