Providing a work experience environment in which students can develop and gain practical, meaningful legal skills across a two week vacation scheme.
Our vacation schemes are open to law students in their penultimate year, to law and non-law students in their final year, and to graduates. Completing a vacation scheme is an ideal opportunity to find out more about Birketts and our industry sectors.
The Birketts vacation scheme enables you to spend two weeks in one of our seven offices. Over the fortnight you will have the opportunity to experience three seats in different practice areas working on live matters as well as preset tasks. You will also take part in group events such as a mock trail or an interviewing and negotiation exercise, socialise with our trainees and work directly with our Partners and Associates. You will be paid an allowance of £325 per week with dedicated supervison whilst you are in each seat. Upon completion of the vacation scheme, you will be automatically considered for a Training Contract. This is an unmissable opportunity to experience what is like to be a Trainee at a Top 50 Law Firm.
The vacation scheme is also a fantastic way to network with colleagues outside of your team and start building relationships across Birketts. We offer a combination of presentations, training and other development opportunities and organise a variety of social events too.
It’s important to remember that our vacation schemes are an integral part of our recruitment process for trainees. We regularly make training contract offers to people in our vacation scheme- in fact around 75% of participants secure a training contract with us.
For further details of the application process or to submit your application, please visit our vacation schemes application process page.
