Summer Vacation Scheme 2027

The opportunity

Summer Vacation Scheme: Monday 14 to Friday 25 June 2027

There are up to 15 positions available on our Summer Vacation Scheme.

Our two-week, hybrid vacation scheme is both an opportunity for you to showcase your potential as a trainee solicitor and decide whether Bird & Bird is the right firm for you.

All vacation scheme participants will be assessed for a training contract.

As a vacation scheme participant, you will:

- Spend time working in one department for two weeks, undertaking real work to give you exposure to the life of a trainee at Bird & Bird;

- Take part in a range of formal assessments to enable us to consider you for a training contract;

- Spend time with our trainees, associates and partners, immersing yourself in our culture; and

- Spend one day each week working from home to get a sense of what it's like to be a trainee solicitor in an agile working environment.

At the time of submitting your application, you should:

- have achieved AAB in your A-Levels; and

- be on track to achieve 2:1 in your degree.

AND

- be in your final year of a non-law degree; or

- be in the penultimate or final year law degree; or

- have already graduated.

- You must be able to attend the entire two-week vacation scheme to be eligible for this opportunity.

We understand that you may not have received the grades you hoped for due to extenuating or mitigating circumstances. Please detail any relevant information in your application for us to take into consideration. We also use a Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) to enable us to recruit people from different backgrounds and help us understand your achievements in the context in which they were gained.