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Baker McKenzie offers excellent training contract and vacation schemes. Find out everything you need to know about these opportunities here.

Training Contract

Trainees at Baker McKenzie kick off their training with a two-week induction, so they can get to know everyone at the firm and be exposed to real-life work for the beginning.

Trainees complete four seats, each lasting six months each. Due to the firm’s heavy focus on corporate law, you will be required to spend one seat in a transactional department. There will also be an opportunity to complete a seat internationally or with a client’s in-house legal team.

At Baker McKenzie, trainees get involved in real work from the start. Past trainees have done legal research, liaised with clients, sat in on client meetings and even helped prepare contracts. 

To support you, you’ll work with a partner who will monitor your progress and provide personal and professional support. There will also be a formal review at the end of every seat, as well as a more informal review halfway through. As you progress, you’ll get the chance to take on more responsibility. 

Vacation Scheme

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 Vacation Scheme is the perfect stepping stone to a Training Contract.

Our Vacation Scheme’s are 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.

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