Start your career with our deadline guide of career opportunities for first years. It's essential to meet firms early and gain exclusive skills that will boost your career. Keep an eye on our key dates section below to secure a placement or attend an event to personally meet firms and grow your network.
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First year career opportunities: Key deadlines
31st January 2021
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: Insight Scheme - London
- UBS: 2021 Spring Insight Programme
1st February 2021
- Barclays: Discovery Programmes 2021
26th February 2021
- Fidelity International: Spring Insight Programme 2021
28th February 2021
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton: Spring Insight Day
- Macfarlanes: First Year Insight Scheme 2021
- Osborne Clarke: Insight Scheme 2021
1st March 2021
17th March 2021
- Stephenson Harwood: Open Days 2020/21
19th March 2021
- PwC: Insight Schemes
31st March 2021
- White & Case: First-Year Insight Schemes 2021
Rolling Deadlines
- Clyde & Co: Insight Day
- Credit Suisse: Investment Banking Capital Markets & Advisory, Sales & Trading and Equity Research Spring Insight Programme 2021
- Morgan Stanley: ISG Spring Insight Programme
- Shearman & Sterling: Open Days 2020/21
- Standard Chartered Bank: 2021 - Spring Insight Programme - London
First year career opportunities: Key events
27th October 2020
- Baker McKenzie: Opportunity Open Day
10th November 2020
- Reed Smith: Open Days
11th November 2020
- White & Case: Open Days 2020
17th November 2020
- Reed Smith: Open Days
23rd November 2020
- Baker McKenzie: LGBT+ Open Day
25th November 2020
- White & Case: Open Days 2020
26th November 2020
- Baker McKenzie: Women+ Open Day
30th November 2020
- Baker McKenzie: Employability Open Day (Mental Wellbeing & Disability)
1st December 2020
- Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner: Open Days
1st December 2020
- Baker McKenzie: First Years Open Day
First year career advice
Need some help with your application? We have a variety of expert resources designed to help you impress and secure your applications. Read our advice on CVs and Cover Letters, Aptitude Tests, Interviews (face-to-face), Interviews (video & telephone), Assessment Centre and don't forget to sign up for our weekly commercial awareness update.
First year success stories
Need some inspiration? Read about how fellow Bright Network members managed to secure roles. They provide their experiences and top tips to help you start your career - here's how you can follow in their footsteps: