Summer Vacation Scheme 2025

Are you a penultimate or final-year undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate interested in a career in commercial law? Our Summer Vacation Scheme will offer you a taste of life in commercial law at a global firm. They will put you in the best possible position to secure a Training Contract here. We'll also pay you £500 per week while you're with us. 

During your two-week Winter and Spring and three-week Summer scheme, you'll be involved in real deals, sit with a Principal, work hard and enjoy an active social life. You'll also attend professional development sessions which offer a broader understanding of our global business strategy and practice areas and help you to develop essential skills like negotiation and pitching. 

More informally, you'll have the ear of experienced lawyers. A Trainee ‘buddy’ in each department is on hand to integrate you into the team, as well as a Principal, who is an Associate or Managing Associate. This reflects the support you can look forward to if you join us as a Trainee. You'll also get to know us, and other Vacation Scheme students, through our social events (often a highlight!).

During the Vacation Scheme, we’ll automatically offer you a final interview for our Training Contract with a Partner and Managing Associate. 

The selection process for our Schemes is tough, because they are there to help prepare you, and we want you to be successful in your Training Contract application.

Additional information

Criteria:

•        Penultimate and final year undergraduates

•        Graduates

•        Postgraduates studying Law and Non-Law subjects

How to apply:

•        Complete the short online application form (approx. 30 mins)

•        Take the Capp online assessment (approx. 60-90 mins)

•        Take the Watson Glaser critical reasoning test. *We strongly advise you take a practice test first.  

Candidates must complete the short online form and the Capp Online assessment by the application deadline. You will have a 5-day deadline, from the date of your application, to complete the Watson Glaser online test. Please note, there are no time limits to any of our assessments.  

Further information about the application process, including a link to an example Watson Glaser test, can be found at https://careers.linklaters.com/en/early-careers/your-application. If you are successful with your application, you will be invited to attend an assessment day.