Join us on one of our two-week, paid Vacation Schemes in either London, Bristol or Scotland and you’ll be immersed in real workplace situations, taking part in workshops and attending eye-opening presentations. There’ll be the chance to build valuable relationships at social events too.
What a Vacation Scheme involvesWhat you need to do to applyThe London schemeThe Bristol schemeThe Scotland scheme
Vacation Schemes offer you the opportunity to see how we work as a firm from the inside. These specially tailored programmes include a broad variety of activities, presentations and social events so you'll see what life is really like at CMS Cameron McKenna.
You’ll benefit from:
- insightful presentations from senior team members about different practice areas
- the chance to do real work, attending client meetings where possible, trips to courts and assisting with deals
- the support of a trainee “buddy” and a fully qualified supervisor
- a BPP Law School presentation on the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and the Legal Practice Course (LPC)
- the chance to give your own presentations as part of a group exercise.
You’ll also get to take part in a range of social activities. In the past, these have included:
- a tour of the financial city
- bowling at Bloomsbury Lanes, London
- dinner at Gary Rhodes’ Tower 42 restaurant.
Vacation Schemes culminate in a Training Contract assessment centre on the penultimate day. Succeed in this and you will be offered a training contract with us. Law Society regulations permitting, we’ll tell you our decision the very next day.
Firstly, don’t be backwards in coming forwards because all of our Vacation Schemes are very popular. Our London schemes are available during the Spring, the Summer and Winter, and over the Summer in Bristol and Scotland. To apply, you’ll need 320 UCAS points and a 2:1 degree (or expected). We hope you get on board – we offer a high proportion of Vacation Schemers Training Contracts. Schemes differ slightly between London, Bristol and Scotland.
In all, we’re offering four schemes over the Winter, Easter and Summer vacations. They run from:
- Monday 8th December through to Friday 19th December 2008
- Monday 30th March through to Friday 10th April 2009
- Monday 15th June through to Friday 26th June 2009
- Monday 6th July through to Friday 17th July 2009
- You can start applying for these placements from 1 October 2008
- The deadline for the Christmas scheme is 14th November 2008
- The deadline for the Easter and Summer schemes is 13th February 2009.
The 2009 Bristol Vacation Scheme programme involves a week working in our London office, followed by a week working in each of the practice areas in Bristol.
- The scheme will run from Monday 15th June through to Friday 26th June 2009
- You can start applying from 1st October 2008
- The deadline for this scheme is 13th February 2009.
The programme involves two weeks working in Scotland, with the opportunity to spend a week in our London headquarters. You can attend one of two schemes over the 2009 summer period.
- The first scheme runs from Monday 15th June through to Friday 26th June 2009
- The second scheme runs from Monday 6th July through to 17th July 2009
- You can start applying for these placements from 1st October 2008
- The deadline for applying for both is 13th February 2009.