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    List of firms offering winter vacation schemes/opportunities

    What the title says! I looked around and couldn't find a list of firms with winter vac scheme opportunities. I know - Slaughter & May (workshop) - Thrings - Foot Anstley - Allen & Ovary - Clifford Chance (Open day, not VS) - HSF Anyone know of others?
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    Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme

    hello, has anybody applied to Shearman's winter vacation scheme? Have you heard anything back? Thanks.
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    Winter vac schemes clashing with university commitments?

    I am wondering whether many finalists are applying for winter vac schemes even if they clash with the last few weeks of the autumn university term. My term finishes on the 13th December and a lot of the vac schemes begin on the 9th Oct, and during that week I have a lot of tutorials and seminars...

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