Our summer vacation scheme placements are the perfect way to explore life as a trainee and a team member at our firm.
Our summer vacation scheme placements are the perfect way to explore life as a trainee and a team member at our firm.
We offer around 50 places across our Birmingham, Exeter, London and Manchester offices each year. During your time with us, you will sit in a couple of departments and be involved in real, immersive work — drafting, undertaking research, attending meetings and collaborating with a range of people across the firm.
You will be teamed with a trainee buddy who will introduce you to each department and be on hand to offer you all the guidance you need. You will also be allocated a supervisor to offer you advice on the work that you will undertake.
Our trainees are valuable to us, so we pay every candidate attending our summer vacation schemes.
This is currently £485 per week in London and £430 per week in Birmingham, Exeter and Manchester.
The dates of our upcoming schemes are:
Scheme 1: Monday 8 June to Friday 19 June 2026
Scheme 2: Monday 22 June to Friday 3 July 2026
Our insight events
We hold insight days in each of our UK offices to give you an insight into life as a trainee and a career in law, our practice areas and clients, and how to develop your application skills for a better chance at joining us as a trainee.
Our in-person insight events are taking place on:
- Birmingham – Tuesday 25 November 2025
- Exeter – Tuesday 2 December 2025
- London – Thursday 27 November 2025
- Manchester – Thursday 5 December 2025
At these events, you will attend presentations on topics ranging from application form tips to life as a trainee at the firm and how we work together. You’ll also have the chance to network with colleagues from these offices.
Applications for this year's insight events will be open from 1 October 2025 and you will need to complete an online application form to apply.
We would highly recommend applying for and attending an insight event in advance of submitting a summer vacation scheme or training contract application.