• Get Everything You Need to Secure a Training Contract
    Now half the price. Join TCLA Premium for £30/month and get step-by-step application support, daily commercial awareness practice, and 700+ successful examples of past applications and interview experiences. Plus so much more.
    Join Premium →
  • From AI to Energy Deals: Inside a Full-Service Law Firm with Osborne Clarke
    8 Dec 2025 · 6pm (UK) Zoom · Registration Required
    You want to write a strong Osborne Clarke application — but what really makes the firm different, and how do trainees experience the work day-to-day? In this session, you’ll hear directly from current trainees and Recruitment Advisor Patrick Fermin Ryan, so you can speak with clarity and specificity in your applications and interviews.
    Register →

Post your vacation scheme here

Jaysen

Founder, TCLA
Staff member
TCLA Moderator
Gold Member
Premium Member
M&A Bootcamp
  • Feb 17, 2018
    4,847
    9,016
    We find it's often helpful to connect students with others on their vacation scheme. That way you can get an early opportunity to get to know students and discuss the scheme. So feel free to post your scheme, dates (and location, if relevant) below.
     

    KS94

    Esteemed Member
    Junior Lawyer
  • Mar 21, 2018
    89
    343
    Hi, seems this thread hasn't really go started!

    I've been fortunate enough to receive two vacation scheme offers.

    June - Shoosmiths (Birmingham)
    July - Addleshaw Goddard (Manchester)

    These firms are very different to the US/magic circle elite so-often mentioned on these forums, keen to know if there are any others applying for more city/national firms?
     

    aaron22

    Active Member
    Feb 28, 2018
    15
    8
    Hi, seems this thread hasn't really go started!

    I've been fortunate enough to receive two vacation scheme offers.

    June - Shoosmiths (Birmingham)
    July - Addleshaw Goddard (Manchester)

    These firms are very different to the US/magic circle elite so-often mentioned on these forums, keen to know if there are any others applying for more city/national firms?

    Hey not sure if I count but I've also got two schemes in Summer:
    Simmons & Simmons
    Osborne Clarke (both in Bristol).

    Did you apply to any firms in London?
     
    • Like
    Reactions: KS94

    aaron22

    Active Member
    Feb 28, 2018
    15
    8
    Sorry to but in here but I'm also doing the Simmons scheme - just in London. How come you applied to the Bristol office? (Nothing wrong with it I'm just wondering).

    I live in Bristol and honestly, London just doesn't really attract me. I think in Bristol I'll get to be at a good firm but also get the benefit of a better work life balance. I think later I can always move to London if I change my mind.
     

    About Us

    The Corporate Law Academy (TCLA) was founded in 2018 because we wanted to improve the legal journey. We wanted more transparency and better training. We wanted to form a community of aspiring lawyers who care about becoming the best version of themselves.

    Get Our 2026 Vacation Scheme Guide

    Nail your vacation scheme applications this year with our latest guide, with sample answers to law firm questions.