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Sullivan & Cromwell
Summer Vacation Scheme
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Vacation Scheme
Law
Pay TBCYear groups
Not specified
Deadline
30 Nov 2026
Field
Law
Sector
Professional Services
Year groups
Penultimate Year
Cycle
Summer 2027
Eligibility
- While S&C expects most of its applicants to be penultimate-year law students and final-year non-law students, graduates and postgraduates are also eligible.
Funding structure
- First year trainees receive a salary of £70,000 per annum and second year trainees receive a salary of £75,000 per annum.
- We offer the most attractive trainee salary and benefits package of any major law firm in London.
- We also pay a maintenance grant to future trainees undertaking the PGDL and SQE, which is currently £20,000 per annum.
- In addition, we offer a comprehensive suite of employee benefits, including private health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, income protection insurance, a group personal pension scheme with the option to contribute via salary sacrifice, paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave plans, a subsidised gym membership.
- A health cash plan, which offers annual health screening, PMI excess cover, complementary and alternative therapies, prescriptions, inoculations & flu jabs, and 24 vacation days (plus bank holidays) each year.
Application process
- We will accept applications for our 2027 spring and summer vacation schemes from penultimate-year law students and final-year non-law students, as well as those studying for postgraduate degrees, from 17 September 2026 through 30 November 2026.
- S&C will accept applications for its 2029 trainee intake from 3 May through 31 May 2027.
- To apply for the 2027 spring and summer vacation schemes, please complete the online application form.
- To apply for a position as a trainee solicitor starting in 2029, please complete the online application form.
Heads up
Dates can shift each year. Always confirm the live deadline on the provider's own page before you apply.
