Summer Vacation Scheme
Get a taste of what it’s like to be a commercial lawyer
If you’ve graduated or you’re in the final or penultimate year of your degree (or second year of a four-year course), our Summer Vacation Scheme is the perfect stepping stone to a Training Contract.
Apply nowWhat the scheme involves
Our Summer Vacation Scheme is designed to give you a realistic taste of what it’s like working for a global law firm. We’ll involve you in live work. You’ll attend client meetings and network with fee-earners of all levels – Partners, Associates and Trainee Solicitors. A lunch with our Management Committee will also give you a better understanding of the Firm’s overall strategy.
Over the course of three weeks, we’ll give you experience in two different seats, with an allocated supervisor and a buddy in each. Since pro bono work is such an important aspect of what we do, you’ll also get to undertake a pro bono project.
Along the way, there’ll be training sessions to help familiarise you with some of our typical transactions, and develop some of the key skills you’ll need as a Trainee Solicitor. You’ll also take part in a client pitch exercise, which is a great opportunity to work closely with other people on the Vacation Scheme.
Key dates
08/10/2025
Applications open
01/01/2026
Applications close
15/06/2026
Scheme duration
The scheme will start on the 15th June 2026 and takes place over three weeks.
FAQs
There are 30 places available.
Penultimate-year students (or second year of a four-year course), final-year students and graduates in any degree discipline.
The scheme is run over three weeks between Monday 15th June and Friday 3rd July 2026.
You should have, or be on track for, a 2:1 or above. We use a contextualised recruitment system, which enables us to consider those with real potential who fall slightly short of our criteria.
Attendees are paid £518 per week.
At the Baker McKenzie office in London, near Liverpool Street Station.
Applications open 8th October 2025. Applications close 1st January 2026.
