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January 2026
Application Dates Vacation Schemes Firm Closing Date Eligibility Birketts 5/01/26 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Burges Salmon 5/01/26 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Clyde & Co 5/01/26 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Forsters 5/01/26 Penultimate/final year law students, final year…
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Legalese versus Plain English: a case for reform?
Nida Ahmed Legalese (noun): the formal and technical language of law and legal documents.Most law students will remember their first encounter with complex, long-winding legalese. Often appearing on the first page of a textbook, that moment is memorable for all the wrong reasons. Already grappling with truckloads of new terminology, facing phrases such as “nonwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained” can…
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December 2025
Application Dates Vacation Schemes Firm Closing Date Eligibility Baker McKenzie 1/12/25 Penultimate year students, final year students and graduates Eversheds Sutherland 1/12/25 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Freshfields 1/12/25 Penultimate year undergraduate students Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer 1/12/25 Penultimate year students, final year students and graduates Linklaters 3/12/25 Penultimate year students, final year students…
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November 2025
Application Dates Vacation Schemes Firm Closing Date Eligibility Gowling WLG 19/11/25 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates DLA Piper 21/11/25 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Dentons 23/11/25 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates Jones Day 28/11/25 Penultimate/final year law students, final year non-law students and graduates…
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Top Contract Review Tips
Contract review is an essential skill for legal professionals. No matter where your legal career takes you, you are bound to run into the task of reviewing a contract. Before getting into the fine print, the key to any contract review is understanding what both parties want out of this contractual relationship, something like the…
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October 2025
Application Dates Winter Vacation Schemes Firm Closing Date Eligibility Hogan Lovells 10/10/25 Finalists and graduates of all degree disciplines Penningtons Manches Cooper 10/10/25 Penultimate/final year law students and final year non-law students and graduates Dechert 17/10/25 Penultimate/final year law students and final year non-law students and graduates Jones Day 17/10/25 Finalists and graduates of all degree…
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September 2025
Application Dates Winter Vacation Schemes Firm Closing Date Eligibility Ashurst 12/09/25 Finalists and graduates of all degree disciplines Sidley Austin 12/09/25 Penultimate/final year law students and final year non-law students and graduates A&O Shearman 15/09/25 Penultimate and final year students from all degree disciplines Norton Rose Fulbright 28/09/25 Penultimate year students, finalists and graduates Paul Weiss…
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How to Research a Law Firm
Amira Awan Balancing applications whilst completing studies and managing other commitments can be extremely overwhelming and hard to manage, therefore doing extra preparation over the summer when you have more free time is a great idea.Additionally, one of the biggest contributors to a successful application that stands out the recruiters is demonstrating a thorough and developed knowledge of a firm One…
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July 2025
Application Dates Training Contracts Firm Closing Date Eligibility Sullivan &Cromwell 11/07/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. White & Case 13/07/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. HFW 18/07/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. Hogan Lovells 31/07/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. StephensonHarwood 31/07/25 Penultimate…
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June 2025
Application Dates Training Contracts Firm Closing Date Eligibility Burges Salmon(Bristol) 20/06/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. Reed Smith 20/06/25 Available to start the PGDL or SQE in August or commenced/completed SQE. Eversheds Sutherland 22/06/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and graduates. Watson Farley& Williams 23/06/25 Penultimate year law students, all finalists and…
