Spring Vacation Scheme 2025
You can only apply to one of the following in this recruitment year: Spring Vacation Scheme 2025, Summer Vacation Scheme 2025, Training Contract 2026, or Training Contract 2025. You cannot apply to more than one.
The opportunity
Spring Vacation Scheme: Monday 31 March to Friday 11 April 2025
There are up to 20 positions available on our Spring 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;
- 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.
Applying to us
Applications open: Midday on 19 September 2024
Deadline: Midday on 19 December 2024
We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. Therefore, we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
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.
You can only apply to one of the following in this recruitment year: Spring Vacation Scheme 2025, Summer Vacation Scheme 2025, Training Contract 2026, or Training Contract 2025. You cannot apply to more than one.
Please note that in our application process, we collaborate with Vantage which facilitates connections with legal employers such as Bird & Bird. Owned by Rare Recruitment, Vantage functions as a comprehensive database of candidate profiles, enhancing the efficiency of the application process. Rare Recruitment initially acts as the data controller for your personal information until you submit your application to us, after which Bird & Bird assumes responsibility as the data controller. We strongly recommend reviewing Rare Recruitment's Privacy Policy, available here. For further details on how Vantage processes your personal data, including access to their Privacy Policy, please refer to the information provided below.
Application deadline:
Thursday 19 December 2024 at 12:00 (UTC)
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