Law firms
| Season | Duration Weeks | Weekly Remuneration | Vac Scheme Closing Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Addleshaw Goddard | Spring and Summer | 1 week [Easter]; 2 weeks [Summer] | £485 [London]; £430 [Regional] | 6th Jan 2026 |
Akin | Spring | 2 | £600 per week plus £300 Work-Ready Payment paid two weeks before the scheme begins | 4th Jan 2026 |
Arnold & Porter | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Ashfords | Summer | 1 week (Bristol); 2 weeks (Exeter) | Undisclosed | 31st Mar 2026 |
Ashurst Perkins Coie | Winter and Summer | 1 week [Winter]; 3 weeks [Summer] | £650 | 12th Sept 2025 [Winter] 12th Dec 2025 [Summer] |
Baker McKenzie | Spring and Summer | 3 | £484.75 | 1st Dec 2025 [Spring] 1st Jan 2026 [Summer] |
Bates Wells | Spring | 2 | London living wage | Undisclosed |
BCLP | Spring and Summer | 2 | £750 | 12th Sept 2025 [Spring] 16th Jan 2026 [Summer] |
Bevan Brittan | Summer | 2 | Undisclosed | 17th Feb 2026 |
Birketts | Summer | 2 | £315 | 5th Jan 2026 |
Bristows | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Burges Salmon | Winter, Spring and Summer | 2 | £375 | 27th Oct 2025 [Winter] 5th Jan 2026 [Spring and Summer] |
Charles Russell Speechlys | Spring and Summer | 1 | £461 [London]; £420 [Cheltenham and Guildford] | 15th Jan 2026 |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | Winter, Spring and Summer | 2 | £750 | 31st Oct 2025 [Winter] 31st Jan 2026 [Spring and Summer] |
Clifford Chance | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Clyde & Co | Spring and Summer | 2 | Undisclosed | 5th Jan 2026 |
CMS | Spring | 1 | £450 | 4th Dec 2025 |
Collyer Bristow | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cooley | Spring and Summer | 2 | £550 | 1st Jan 2026 |
Covington & Burling | Winter and Summer | 2 | £600 | 24th Oct 2025 16th Jan 2026 |
Cripps | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Davis Polk & Wardwell | Multiple seasons | 1 | £750 | 30th Nov 2025 |
Debevoise & Plimpton | Spring and Summer | 1 (Spring); 2 (Summer) | £550 | December 2025 [Spring and Summer] |
Dechert | Winter, Spring and Summer | 2 | £550 | 17th Oct 2025 [Winter] 31st Dec 2025 [Spring and Summer] |
Dentons | Spring and Summer | 2 | £450 | 23rd Nov 2025 [London] 7th Dec 2025 [Milton Keynes] |
Devonshires | Summer | 2 | £535.13 (London); £485.63 (Non-London) | 28th Feb 2026 |
DLA Piper | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Dorsey & Whitney | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Druces | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
DWF | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Farrer & Co | Spring and Summer | 2 | £490.38 | 2nd Jan 2026 |
Fladgate | Summer | 1 | £400 | January |
Forsters | Spring and Summer | 1 | £475 | 5th Jan 2026 |
Fox Williams | Summer | 2 | £400 | February |
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Gateley | Summer | 1 | £350 | 11th Jan 2026 |
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | Spring and Summer | 2 | £750 | 16th Jan 2026 |
Goodwin | Spring and Summer | 1 (Spring); 2 (Summer) | £650 | 12th Dec 2025 |
Greenberg Traurig | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Harbottle & Lewis | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Haynes and Boone | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
HFW | Spring and Summer | 2 | £600 | 8th Jan 2026 |
Hill Dickinson | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 16th Jan 2026 |
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 5th Oct 2026 [Winter] 10th Dec 2026 [Summer] |
Howes Percival | Winter and Summer | 1 | Undisclosed | 31st Mar 2026 |
Irwin Mitchell | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
K&L Gates | Summer | 2 | Undisclosed | 31st Jan 2026 |
Kennedys | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kingsley Napley | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Kirkland & Ellis | Multiple seasons | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 14th Dec 2025 |
Latham & Watkins | Spring and Summer | 2 | £500 | 7th Dec 2025 |
Lewis Silkin | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Linklaters | Winter and Summer | 2 [Winter]; 3 [Summer] | £500 | 3rd Dec 2025 |
Macfarlanes | Spring and Summer | 2 | £500 | 5th Dec 2025 |
Marriott Harrison | Summer | 4 | £450 | 9th Feb 2026 |
Mayer Brown | Spring and Summer | 2 | £550 | 16th Dec 2025 |
McDermott Will & Schulte | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Michelmores | Summer | 1 | Real Living Wage | February 2026 [Summer] |
Mills & Reeve | Summer | 2 | £480 [London]; £420 [Regional] | 1st Jan 2026 |
Mishcon de Reya | Winter and Summer | 1 | £650 | 28th Nov 2025 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Summer | 2 | £500 | 21st Jan 2026 |
Morrison Foerster | Summer | 2 | £600 | 5th Jan 2026 |
Northridge Law | Summer | 3/4 days | £270 for 3 days | 30th Jan 2026 |
Norton Rose Fulbright | Winter and Summer | 2 | £500 | 28th Sept 2025 [Winter] 7th Dec 2025 [Summer] |
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Summer | 2 | £500 | 31st Jan 2026 |
Osborne Clarke | Summer | 2 | £490 | 15th Jan 2026 |
Paul Hastings | Multiple seasons | 1 | £500 | 4th Jan 2026 |
Penningtons Manches Cooper | Winter and Summer | 1 | £460 [London]; £420 [Outer London] | 10th Oct 2025 [Winter] 9th Jan 2026 [Summer] |
Reed Smith | Spring and Summer | 1 | £460 | 6th Jan 2026 |
Ropes & Gray | Spring and Summer | 2 | £400 | 31st Jan 2026 |
RPC | Summer | 2 | £500 | 12th Jan 2026 |
Russell-Cooke | Spring | 1 | £600 | 6th Feb 2026 |
RWK Goodman | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Sidley Austin | Winter, Spring and Summer | 1-2 | £500 | 12th Sept 2025 [Winter] 9th Jan 2026 [Spring and Summer] |
Simmons & Simmons | Summer | 2 | £500 [London]; £450 [Bristol] | 15th Feb 2026 |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom | Multiple seasons | 2 | £500 | 1st Dec 2025 |
Slaughter and May | Summer | Undisclosed | £550 | 4th Dec 2026 |
Squire Patton Boggs | Summer | 1 | £441 [Regional]; £485 [London] | 5th Jan 2026 |
Stephenson Harwood | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | 30th Jan 2026 |
Stevens & Bolton | Spring | 1 | £250 | 31st Jan 2026 |
Sullivan & Cromwell | Spring and Summer | 2 | Undisclosed | 5th Dec 2025 |
Travers Smith | Summer | 2 | £750 | 15th Jan 2027 |
Trowers & Hamlins | Summer | 2 | £430 [Regional]; £485 [London] | 5th Jan 2026 |
Vinson & Elkins | Summer | 1 | £750 | 11th Jan 2026 |
VWV | Summer | 1 | Undisclosed | 14th Jan 2026 |
Ward Hadaway | Spring | 1 | Undisclosed | 31st Jan 2026 |
Watson Farley & Williams | Multiple seasons | 2 | £450 | 6th Jan 2026 |
Wedlake Bell | Summer | 3 | £460 | 12th Jan 2026 |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges | Spring | 2 | £750 | 1st Dec 2026 |
White & Case | Winter, Spring and Summer | Undisclosed | £600 | 26th Oct 2025 [Winter] 12th Jan 2026 [Spring and Summer] |
Wilkin Chapman Rollits | Multiple seasons | 1 | Undisclosed | 31st Jan 2026 |
Willkie Farr & Gallagher | Spring and Summer | 2 | £750 | 10th Dec 2025 |
Wilsons | Summer | 1 | Undisclosed | 31st Mar 2026 |
Winckworth Sherwood | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Winston Taylor | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
Withers | Multiple seasons | 1 | £500 | 12th Jan 2026 |
Womble Bond Dickinson | Summer | 1 | £470-£520 (location dependent) | 25th Jan 2027 |
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