London Summer Vacation Scheme

Dechert offers a world of opportunity through our global platform, top-notch training and development programmes and a collaborative and inclusive culture. As a London trainee solicitor, you will be encouraged to find your passion and cultivate your skills. Our ultimate goal is for you to experience what it’s like to be a part of our community.

Each year we recruit trainee solicitors from our three vacation schemes. We offer places on our schemes to penultimate year law undergraduates, all final year undergraduates (both law and non-law), all graduates, post-graduates, and career changers. Vacation Scheme students sit within our different practices doing real work for our lawyers, including research, drafting, attending meetings and training sessions.

Before you begin your vacation scheme, we will ask for your practice area preferences and try to place you in your chosen groups. You will be allocated a supervisor (an associate or partner), and a trainee buddy, and will receive work from people at all levels from across the group. Social events are also an important part of Dechert’s vacation schemes, as they enable you to build relationships with Dechert trainees, associates, and partners.

How To Apply

The first step to securing a place in one of our vacation schemes (and a subsequent training contract) is to complete the online application form. Applications for vacation schemes will be for training contracts commencing in September 2026, September 2027 and September 2028.

The deadline for our Summer vacation scheme applications is:

    Summer Vacation Scheme: 31 December 2025

The second stage in our recruitment process will be a written exercise. Successful candidates will then be invited to an interview where they will meet a partner and a senior associate and have a tour of the office with a current trainee.

To apply, complete our application form via the link.