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Birketts Summer Vacation Scheme 2027

Pays £420 a week.

No published policySummer Vacation Scheme

Unconfirmed. Birketts publishes no sponsorship policy for its summer vacation scheme, so we cannot state a firm answer. No visa sponsorship position is published anywhere on the firm's early careers pages.

Sponsors grads?
Not published
Pay vs threshold
Clears the threshold
Opportunity
vacation scheme
Pay
£420 per week
2027 cycle
No published date as of 1 October 2026
Confidence
medium

Birketts Summer Vacation Scheme: at a glance

Birketts' summer vacation scheme gives students two weeks in one of its seven offices, with three seats in different practice areas working on live matters and preset tasks. Students also take part in group events such as a mock trial or an interviewing and negotiation exercise and work with partners, associates and trainees. Everyone who completes the scheme is automatically considered for a training contract. Source

Duration
2 weeks“The Birketts vacation scheme enables you to spend two weeks in one of our seven offices.”Source
Start date
Week commencing 22 June 2026“Our 2026 Summer Vacation scheme will take place across two weeks, W/C 22nd June 2026 and W/C 29th June 2026.”Source
Who can apply
Penultimate-year law students, final-year law and non-law students, and graduates“Our vacation schemes are open to law students in their penultimate year, to law and non-law students in their final year, and to graduates.”Source
Starting pay
£420 per week“You will be paid an allowance of £420 per week with dedicated supervison whilst you are in each seat.”Source
Degree requirement
2:1 degree (achieved or predicted) and good A-level results; law and non-law“We welcome applications from people with strong academic backgrounds with a minimum of a 2:1 degree (or be on course to achieve a 2:1) as well as good A Level results.”Source

How Birketts recruits

2026 Summer Vacation Scheme (applications 3 November 2025 to 5 January 2026; training contracts from September 2028). Prior cycle, 2027 scheme not yet published. 3 stages, from Birketts's own careers pages, checked 2026-10-03. Test providers are named only where Birketts names them.

  1. Online application

    Application form

    Online application through the firm's application system, followed by an initial sift.

    “All applications for training contracts should be made using our online application system .”
    Source

  2. Online interactive assessment

    Situational judgement test

    Interactive online assessment with scenario-based questions and choosing responses to colleague queries; practice test, explainer video and feedback report provided. Provider not named.

    “Following an initial sift, as part of our selection process, you will be asked to complete an online interactive assessment, which contains a variety of question types to assess your potential. Some of the questions will be scenario-based, while others will ask you to review information and select the most appropriate response to colleague queries.”
    Source

  3. Partner interview with presentation

    Partner interview

    Interview at the applied-for office with two Partners lasting about 45 minutes to an hour, including a 7 to 10 minute presentation on a topic of your choice.

    • about 60 minutes
    “You will be interviewed at the office to which you have applied by two Partners and the interview will last approximately 45 minutes to one hour.”
    Source

Every programme and stage at Birketts

“Save the date! Our 2026 Summer Vacation scheme will take place across two weeks, W/C 22nd June 2026 and W/C 29th June 2026.”
Birketts, from its own careers pages
The catch: The page's application window (opens 3 November, closes 5 January) is stated without a year and describes a scheme that has already taken place, so the live 2027 dates should be confirmed directly with the firm rather than assumed from this page.
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What Birketts publishes about this programme

Checked against Birketts's own careers pages on 2026-10-01. Anything not published is worth asking the early careers team before you apply.

  • Visa sponsorship policy: not published
  • Application dates: not published
  • Programme description: published
  • Duration and start date: published
  • Who can apply: published
  • Pay: published
  • Locations: not published
  • Degree requirement: published
  • Recruitment stages: published

Sources

Verdict last checked 2026-09-23. Application dates last checked 2026-10-01. How we check programme verdicts

Common questions

Does Birketts sponsor visas for its summer vacation scheme?

Unconfirmed. Birketts publishes no sponsorship policy for its summer vacation scheme, so we cannot state a firm answer. The two week scheme pays a weekly allowance and runs across seven offices, with around 75 percent of participants going on to secure a training contract. The application process page as found describes the 'Summer Vacation scheme' taking place in weeks commencing 22 and 29 June 2026, dates that had already passed by this 23 September 2026 review, so the page had evidently not yet been refreshed for the next cycle. No visa sponsorship position is published anywhere on the firm's early careers pages.

What is the Birketts summer vacation scheme?

Birketts' summer vacation scheme gives students two weeks in one of its seven offices, with three seats in different practice areas working on live matters and preset tasks. Students also take part in group events such as a mock trial or an interviewing and negotiation exercise and work with partners, associates and trainees. Everyone who completes the scheme is automatically considered for a training contract.

Does the pay clear the UK Skilled Worker salary threshold?

The pay for this scheme clears the Skilled Worker salary threshold.

What is the catch international students miss with Birketts?

The page's application window (opens 3 November, closes 5 January) is stated without a year and describes a scheme that has already taken place, so the live 2027 dates should be confirmed directly with the firm rather than assumed from this page.

When do applications open for the Birketts summer vacation scheme?

No published date as of 1 October 2026. Checked on 2026-10-01 against Birketts's own site.

How long is the Birketts summer vacation scheme?

2 weeks, according to Birketts's own careers information.

When does the Birketts summer vacation scheme start?

Week commencing 22 June 2026, according to Birketts's own careers information.

Who can apply for the Birketts summer vacation scheme?

Penultimate-year law students, final-year law and non-law students, and graduates, according to Birketts's own careers information.

What does the Birketts summer vacation scheme pay?

£420 per week, according to Birketts's own careers information.

What degree do you need for the Birketts summer vacation scheme?

2:1 degree (achieved or predicted) and good A-level results; law and non-law, according to Birketts's own careers information.

How should I confirm Birketts's sponsorship before applying?

Read the specific vacancy on Birketts's careers site, ask its early-careers team directly, and check the employer on the gov.uk Register of Licensed Sponsors. Policies and thresholds change, so treat this page as a starting point and confirm for the exact role and cycle.

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