Vac scheme deadlines: several firms jump gun on traditional 31 Jan
updated on 09 January 2015
While the vast majority of firms that run vacation schemes have a 31 January application deadline, many choose to ask for the submission of applications both in advance of, and after, that date.
Here is a list of firms that have set their deadlines for the next couple of weeks:
- Maclay Murray & Spens LLP – 11 January
- Latham & Watkins – 12 January
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP – 12 January
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges – 13 January
- Burges Salmon LLP – 14 January
- Ashurst LLP – 15 January
- Herbert Smith Freehills LLP – 15 January
- Mishcon de Reya – 15 January
- Nabarro LLP – 15 January
- Olswang LLP – 15 January
- Osborne Clarke – 15 January
- Hogan Lovells – 16 January
- Jones Day – 16 January
- Kirkland & Ellis International LLP – 16 January
- Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP – 16 January
- Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP – 28 January
- Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP – 28 January
- PwC Legal – 29 January
- Dentons – 30 January
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP – 30 January
- Taylor Wessing – 30 January
Also worth remembering is that it can be advantageous to submit applications well in advance of the actual deadline, as recruiters will be assessing submissions as they come in. In addition to which, hastily submitted applications on the last possible day tend not to be as successful as those submitted in advance. For more on why that is, read this Oracle answer.
