Use our list below to keep an eye on the key dates and ensure you get ahead of the competition by applying early.
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Key Dates
16th Dec 2024
- Goodwin: Vacation Schemes- Spring & Summer 2025
- Mayer Brown: Vacation Scheme London 2025
19th Dec 2024
- Bird & Bird: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
- Bird & Bird: Spring Vacation Scheme 2025
20th Dec 2024
- A&O Shearman: Belfast Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
31st Dec 2024
- Cooley: Spring & Summer Programme 2025
- Dechert: Spring Vacation Scheme 2025 and Training Contract 2026/27
- Dechert: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025 and Training Contract 2026/27
- DLA Piper: Internships
1st Jan 2025
- Baker McKenzie: 2025 Sumer Vacation Scheme
2nd Jan 2025
- Pinsent Masons: Vacation Placement England 2025
3rd Jan 2025
- Farrer & Co: Vacation Scheme 2025
- Foot Anstey: Achieve Vacation Scheme Bristol 2025
- Foot Anstey: Aspire Vacation Scheme Bristol 2025
- Macfarlanes: Vacation Schemes 2025
5th Jan 2025
- Norton Rose Fulbright: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
6th Jan 2025
- Addleshaw Goddard: Placement Scheme Aberdeen 2025
- Addleshaw Goddard: Placement Scheme 2025
- Clyde & Co LLP: Scotland Summer Vacation Scheme - Edinburgh 2025
- Clyde & Co LLP: Scotland Summer Vacation Scheme - Glasgow 2025
- Morrison Foerster: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025 for a Training Contract Commencing in 2027
- Reed Smith: Vacation Schemes 2025
- Watson Farley & Williams: Vacation Scheme 2025
8th Jan 2025
- Mishcon de Reya: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
9th Jan 2025
- Turcan Connell: Summer Internship Legal Scots Law 2025
10th Jan 2025
- HFW: Vacation Schemes London 2025
- Sullivan & Cromwell: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
- TLT LLP: TLT Vacation Scheme
- TLT LLP: Beyond
12th Jan 2025
- Arnold & Porter: Summer Vacation Scheme
- Eversheds Sutherland: Hong Kong Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
- White & Case LLP: Spring Vacation Scheme London 2025
- White & Case LLP: Summer Vacation Scheme London 2024
- Withers: Vacation Scheme 2025
15th Jan 2025
- Osborne Clarke: Internships
- Severn Trent Water: Legal Summer Placement 2025
17th Jan 2025
- BCLP: London Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
- Covington & Burling LLP: Summer Vacation Scheme
24th Jan 2025
- Morgan Lewis: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
26th Jan 2025
- Latham & Watkins: First Year Scheme
30th Jan 2025
- Pinsent Masons: Vacation Placement Northern Ireland 2025
31st Jan 2025
- Joelson: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
6th Feb 2025
- Clifford Chance: SPARK (London)
9th Feb 2025
- D Young & Co: Patent Easter Internship 2025
13th Feb 2025
- Pinsent Masons: Vacation Placement Scotland 2025
3rd Mar 2025
- Clifford Chance: ACCESS (London)
31st Mar 2025
- White & Case LLP: GCC English Law Trainee Program – Spring/Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
Rolling Deadlines
- ADP: Legal Internship 2025
- British American Tobacco: Legal Internship 2025
- Capsticks Solicitors LLP: Internships
- Clifford Chance: Global Virtual Internships
- EIP Europe LLP: Chemistry Trainee Patent Attorney Summer Internship 2025
- Herbert Smith Freehills: Internships
- RPC Legal: London Summer Schemes 2025
- Weightmans: Summer Vacation Scheme 2025
Many more roles listed under Internships 2025
Planning your Career Path
If you’re not sure what kind of Graduate Scheme you want to apply for, our Career Path Guides will give you an insight into the different options. Explore the articles and advice in each guide to narrow down the sectors and roles that interest you, and start planning your Graduate Scheme applications from there.
Perfect your CV and Cover Letter
Creating a stand out CV and cover letter is the essential starting point for your Graduate Scheme application. Bright Network’s CV template and example cover letter will help you get off to the best possible start with your job hunt.
What's next?
Once you’ve submitted your CV and cover letter, the application process for most Graduate Schemes will involve several key elements. Many firms will ask applicants to complete aptitude tests, which may be numerical, verbal or personality-based. Make sure you’ve done plenty of practise tests and check out our video on how to prepare.
After passing your aptitude tests with flying colours, you need to tackle the interview. Interviews may be over the phone, through a video or face-to-face. Whatever form your interview takes, think about the questions you may be asked, research the company you’re applying to, and do some practice interviews to ensure you’re answering questions with structure and confidence.
Need some inspiration?
Follow in the footsteps of other successful Bright Network members to secure a top Graduate Scheme. Our members have shared their top tips and experience of the application process to help you land your graduate role: