An increasing number of law firms are running events that target first-year law students, with a view to attracting them to their firm at the earliest possible stage. For full details on which firms are running first-year law specific open days and vacation schemes, see the table below:
| FIRM | OPEN DAY | VACATION SCHEME | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offered | Date | Deadline | Offered | Deadline | |
| A&O Shearman | No | Yes | 09/02/26 | ||
| Ashfords LLP | Yes | 17/03/26 | No | ||
| Ashfords LLP | Yes | 19/03/26 | No | ||
| Ashurst LLP | No | Yes | 27/02/26 | ||
| Baker McKenzie | No | Yes | 01/02/26 | ||
| Burnetts | No | Yes | 31/03/26 | ||
| Curzon Green Solicitors | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| HK Law | No | Yes | 27/02/26 | ||
| Hogan Lovells | No | Yes | 28/02/26 | ||
| Latham & Watkins | No | Yes | 25/01/26 | ||
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 13/01/26 | 02/01/26 | No | |
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 20/01/26 | 10/01/26 | No | |
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 26/01/26 | 23/01/26 | No | |
| Osborne Clarke LLP | No | Yes | 28/02/26 | ||
| Simmons & Simmons LLP | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| Slaughter and May | No | Yes | 07/01/26 | ||
| Taylor Wessing | No | Yes | 27/03/26 | ||
| Weightmans LLP | No | Yes | 30/01/26 | ||
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| FIRM | OPEN DAY | VACATION SCHEME | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offered | Date | Deadline | Offered | Deadline | |
| Ashfords LLP | Yes | 17/03/26 | No | ||
| Ashfords LLP | Yes | 19/03/26 | No | ||
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 13/01/26 | 02/01/26 | No | |
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 20/01/26 | 10/01/26 | No | |
| Michelmores LLP | Yes | 26/01/26 | 23/01/26 | No | |
| Slaughter and May | No | Yes | 07/01/26 | ||
| Latham & Watkins | No | Yes | 25/01/26 | ||
| Weightmans LLP | No | Yes | 30/01/26 | ||
| Curzon Green Solicitors | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| Simmons & Simmons LLP | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP | No | Yes | 31/01/26 | ||
| Baker McKenzie | No | Yes | 01/02/26 | ||
| A&O Shearman | No | Yes | 09/02/26 | ||
| Ashurst LLP | No | Yes | 27/02/26 | ||
| HK Law | No | Yes | 27/02/26 | ||
| Hogan Lovells | No | Yes | 28/02/26 | ||
| Osborne Clarke LLP | No | Yes | 28/02/26 | ||
| Taylor Wessing | No | Yes | 27/03/26 | ||
| Burnetts | No | Yes | 31/03/26 | ||
| Macfarlanes LLP | No | Yes | 05/12/25 | ||
| Garden House Solicitors | No | Yes | 31/05/25 | ||
| Rawal & Co | No | Yes | 01/04/25 | ||
| Boyes Turner | No | Yes | 22/03/25 | ||
| Linklaters LLP | No | Yes | 06/02/25 | ||
| Clifford Chance | No | Yes | 04/02/25 | ||
| Dentons | Yes | 13/03/25 | 07/02/25 | No | |
| Dentons | Yes | 15/04/25 | 07/02/25 | No | |
| Dentons | Yes | 13/10/25 | 06/10/25 | No | |
| Kingsley Napley LLP | Yes | 05/02/25 | 03/02/25 | No | |
| Taylor Wessing | Yes | 29/09/25 | 19/09/25 | No | |
| Taylor Wessing | Yes | 20/10/25 | 01/10/25 | No | |
| Taylor Wessing | Yes | 21/10/25 | 01/10/25 | No | |
| Weightmans LLP | Yes | 16/01/25 | 16/01/25 | No | |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | Yes | 15/10/25 | No | ||
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | Yes | 16/10/25 | No | ||
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | Yes | 23/10/25 | No | ||
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP | Yes | 06/11/25 | No | ||
| Withers LLP | Yes | 26/02/25 | 12/01/25 | No | |
