Vacation schemes are open to both law and non-law students. Each firm's policy varies slightly, however, in general, summer schemes tend to prioritise applications from law students whilst winter schemes are open to law and non-law students alike. Law students should ideally aim to complete a vacation scheme in the summer of their penultimate year, i. However, many firms also accept law students in their final year. Successful vacation scheme applicants are typically offered a training contract for two years' time, so final year law students may find they have a year off in between completing their LPC a one year course following a university law degree.
This is not always the case though and it is worth checking an individual firm's website for details of their offering. Non-law students can complete a vacation scheme in their final year. If you are then successful in being offered a training contract, you will have two years available to complete the GDL one year law conversion course and the LPC one year legal practice course.
Webinar: How to get a vacation scheme. Applications for spring and summer vacation schemes open in October and close at the end of January. Applications are often screened on a rolling basis so there is a real advantage to getting your application in early. Applications for winter vacation schemes open in October and close in November so there is a shorter window to get your application completed.
Clearly, opening and closing dates vary by firm so do make sure you research an individual firm's details as part of your planning and preparation. Read how to turn your vacation scheme into a training contract. As with all experience, the more you can get the more informed you're likely to be about your career options. However, given the competitive nature of securing a vacation scheme, many applicants just complete one vacation scheme before moving on to a training contract with that firm.
If you do want to gain additional experience then it's worth considering insight days which are single day law firm introductions offered to first and second year students. NB: some firms are planning to postpone their vac schemes following the coronavirus outbreak. Please verify on the firms' websites before applying. Many firms will have multiple deadlines, running schemes at different times of year: you shouldn't gain an advantage from doing any one particular scheme with a single firm, but some may have different characteristics to others.
While we endeavour to keep our information as up to date as possible, deadlines do occasionally change at the last minute, so please check firms' websites to be absolutely certain of deadline dates. Some smaller and mid-size firms don't have a formal vac scheme, but do offer informal work experience often to both university students and sixth-formers. The application process for this kind of work experience is usually informal and happens on a rolling basis.
Information can usually be found on a firm's website, but if you can't find out if a firm offers work experience it's worth phoning or emailing them. Herbert Smith Freehills. Travers Smith. Burges Salmon. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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