Law firms

Deadlines for vac schemes in 2025/6

Season Duration Weeks Weekly Remuneration Vac Scheme Closing Dates
Addleshaw Goddard
Spring and Summer
1 week [Easter]; 2 weeks [Summer]
£485 [London]; £430 [Regional]
5th Jan 2027
Akin
Spring
2
£600 per week (plus £300 Work-Ready Payment paid two weeks before the scheme begins)
13th Dec 2026
Arnold & Porter
Spring
2
£510
30th Nov 2026
Ashfords
Summer
3
Undisclosed
31st Mar 2027
Ashurst Perkins Coie
Winter and Summer
1 week [Winter]; 3 weeks [Summer]
£650
11th Sept 2026 [Winter]
11th Dec 2026 [Summer]
Baker McKenzie
Spring and Summer
3
£484.75
1st Dec 2025 [Spring]
1st Jan 2026 [Summer]
Bates Wells
Summer
2
London Living Wage
4th Jan 2027
BCLP
Spring
2
£750
4th Jan 2027
Bevan Brittan
Summer
2
Undisclosed
12th Feb 2027
Birketts
Summer
2
£420
4th Jan 2027
Bristows
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Burges Salmon
Multiple seasons
2
£375
5th Jan 2027
Charles Russell Speechlys
Spring and Summer
1
£518 [London]; £471 [Cheltenham and Guildford]
15th Jan 2027
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Winter, Spring and Summer
2
£750
30th Oct 2026 [Winter]
29th Jan 2027 [Spring and Summer]
Clifford Chance
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Collyer Bristow
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cooley
Spring and Summer
2
£550
1st Jan 2026
Covington & Burling
Multiple seasons
2
£600
15th Jan 2027
Davis Polk & Wardwell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Debevoise & Plimpton
Multiple seasons
2
£550
4th Jan 2027
Dechert
Winter and Spring
2
£550
16th Oct 2026 [Winter]
31st Dec 2026 [Spring and Summer]
Devonshires
Summer
2
Living Wage
28th Feb 2027
DLA Piper
Summer
3.5
Varied
30th Oct 2026 [London]
21st Nov 2026 [Regional]
Dorsey & Whitney
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Druces
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
DWF
Summer
2
Living Wage
13th Dec 2026
Fieldfisher
Spring and Summer
2
£450
6th Nov 2026
Fladgate
Summer
1
£450
17th Jan 2027
Forsters
Spring and Summer
1
£547.60
4th Jan 2027
Fox Williams
Summer
2
£420
1st Feb 2027
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Spring and Summer
2
£750
8th Jan 2027
Goodwin
Spring
2
£650
4th Dec 2026
Greenberg Traurig
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Harbottle & Lewis
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Haynes and Boone
Summer
3
£500
10th Jan 2027
HFW
Multiple seasons
2
£650
7th Jan 2027
Hill Dickinson
Summer
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
10th Jan 2027
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Winter, Spring and Summer
Up to 3 weeks
£500
5th Oct 2026 [Winter]
10th Dec 2026 [Spring]
10th Dec 2026 [Summer]
Howes Percival
Summer
1
Undisclosed
31st Mar 2027
Irwin Mitchell
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
K&L Gates
Summer
2
Undisclosed
31st Jan 2027
Kingsley Napley
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kirkland & Ellis
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Latham & Watkins
Spring and Summer
2
£500
6th Dec 2026
Lewis Silkin
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Linklaters
Multiple seasons
2
£520
Undisclosed
Macfarlanes
Winter & Spring
2
£525
28th Aug 2026 [Winter]
30th Oct 2026 [Spring]
Marriott Harrison
Summer
1
£450
1st Feb 2027
Mayer Brown
Spring and Summer
2
£650
4th Dec 2026
McDermott Will & Schulte
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Michelmores
Summer
1
Real Living Wage
18th Feb 2027
Milbank
Spring
2
£550
16th Dec 2026
Mills & Reeve
Summer
2
Undisclosed
7th Dec 2026
Mishcon de Reya
Spring and Summer
1
£600
27th Nov 2026 [Spring]
18th Dec 2026 [Summer]
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Summer
2
£500
15th Jan 2027
Morrison Foerster
Summer
2
£600
4th Jan 2027
Northridge Law
Summer
4 days
£440
29th Jan 2027
Norton Rose Fulbright
Spring and Summer
2
£500
4th Dec 2026
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Summer
2
£500
31st Dec 2026
Osborne Clarke
Summer
2
£490
15th Jan 2027
Paul Hastings
Spring and Summer
1
£500
3rd Jan 2027
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Multiple seasons
1
£595 [London]; £545 [Outer London]
4th Jan 2027
Reed Smith
Multiple seasons
1
London Living Wage plus travel grant
18th Dec 2026
Ropes & Gray
Spring and Summer
2
£400
24th Jan 2027
RPC
Summer
2
£550
11th Jan 2027
Russell-Cooke
Spring
1
£600
3rd Feb 2027
Sidley Austin
Winter, Spring and Summer
1-2
£500
25th Sept 2026 [Winter]
8th Jan 2027 [Spring and Summer]
Simmons & Simmons
Spring and Summer
2
£500 [London]; £450 [Bristol]
15th Feb 2027
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom
Multiple seasons
2
£500
1st Dec 2026
Slaughter and May
Summer
Undisclosed
£550
4th Dec 2026
Squire Patton Boggs
Summer
1
£470.75 [Regional]; £518 [London]
4th Jan 2027
Stephenson Harwood
Multiple seasons
2
London Living Wage
4th Jan 2027
Stevens & Bolton
Spring
1
£400
31st Jan 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell
Spring and Summer
2
£1250
30th Nov 2026
Travers Smith
Summer
2
£750
15th Jan 2027
VWV
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Walker Morris
Spring and Summer
1
£350
31st Dec 2026
Watson Farley & Williams
Multiple seasons
2
£450
6th Jan 2027
Wedlake Bell
Summer
3
£518
11th Jan 2027
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Spring
2
£750
1st Dec 2026
White & Case
Undisclosed
2
£600
Undisclosed
Wilkin Chapman Rollits
Multiple seasons
1
Undisclosed
31st Jan 2027
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Multiple seasons
2
£750
7th Dec 2026
Wilsons
Summer
1
Undisclosed
31st Mar 2027
Winckworth Sherwood
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Withers
Spring and Summer
1
£700
8th Jan 2027
Womble Bond Dickinson
Summer
1
£470-£520 (location dependent)
25th Jan 2027
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