January 2026

Application Dates

Vacation Schemes

FirmClosing DateEligibility
Birketts5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Burges Salmon5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Clyde & Co5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Forsters5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Squire Patton Boggs5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates

Training Contracts

FirmClosing DateEligibility
Cripps4/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Forsters5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Trowers & Hamlins5/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Lewis Silkin14/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates
Charles Russell 
Speechlys
15/01/26Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates

Solicitor Apprenticeships

FirmClosing DateEligibility
White & Case4/01/267 GCSEs at grade 6 or above and have achieved or be predicted to achieve AAB at A-Level.
Slaughter and May7/01/267 GCSEs at grade 6 or above and have achieved or be predicted to achieve AAB at A-Level.
Simmons & Simmons15/01/265 GCSEs at grade 4 or above and have achieved or be predicted to achieve ABB at A-Level.
Pinsent Masons15/01/265 GCSEs at grade 4 or above and have achieved or be predicted to achieve ABB at A-Level.

Mini Pupillages

ChambersClosing DateEligibility
3VB7/01/26Prefers candidates to apply in the year of their intended application for full pupillage
Brick Court 
Chambers
7/01/26Those who intend to apply for full pupillage in September 2027
12 King’s
Bench Walk
9/01/26Final year law students and PGDL students
5 Stone Buildings15/01/26Law students in second year and beyond and PGDL students

Private Practice Paralegal Roles

Agency
(Practice Area)
Closing DateEligibility
Gemini Recruitment
(Immigration)
16/01/26Law degree and experience in publicly funded immigration law
Nucleus Legal
(Private Client)
22/01/26Previous experience as a private client paralegal in a law firm
Nucleus Legal
(Conveyancing)
22/01/26Previous experience as a residential property paralegal in a law firm

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