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Legal vacation scheme

Our two-week paid Legal Summer Vacation Scheme is the principal route towards securing a training contract with us.

Duration

Two weeks

This is right for you if

You have a keen interest in business law and want to become a trainee solicitor

Start date

July 2026

Location

London

Our two-week paid Legal Summer Vacation Scheme is the principal route towards securing a training contract with us. You’ll receive a highly competitive salary, join client meetings, conduct research and practise legal drafting while working and training directly alongside our expert lawyers. The two-week scheme for students runs in July and will help you decide whether a career with us is right for you.

You’ll rotate across two different practice groups, carry out research, draft legal documents and attend client meetings, obtaining feedback from your supervisors along the way. Examples of practice groups you could experience are below:  

  1. Corporate and International Business Reorganisations  
  2. Digital and Data 
  3. Direct Tax 
  4. Employee Incentives 
  5. Employment  
  6. Environmental Taxes and Regulation 
  7. Financial Services (Legal)  
  8. Indirect Tax 
  9. Intellectual Property and Commercial  
  10. Office of General Counsel 
  11. Private Business and Deals (including Corporate Regions) 
  12. Real Estate  

You’ll also complete a series of assessments during the programme – including a business assessment, written exercise and a case law activity. These assessments, along with your performance during the scheme will be used to help us make informed decisions on training contract offers.

Our Summer Vacation Scheme is a great way to find out how we work and see for yourself the ways in which we’re truly unique in the legal marketplace, gaining valuable legal work experience during your time with us. You’ll get a highly competitive wage while you’re here. You’ll have the opportunity to join client meetings and calls, conduct research, practise legal drafting, join our seminar and training programme and work directly alongside our lawyers.

Perform well, and you'll be offered a training contract, with a flexible start date where possible. 

Open to Law and Non-Law degree students:

  • Law degree students – penultimate year onwards (including students that have already graduated).
  • Non-Law degree students – final year onwards (including students that have already graduated).

Before joining our training contract 

Before joining PwC on a training contract non-Law students need to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) and Solicitors Qualifying Examination SQE before joining PwC on a training contract (each one year in length) and Law students need to complete the SQE LLM Masters (one year in length). 

PwC covers tuition fees and provides a maintenance grant to support living costs during study time. We partner with BPP and students can decide where they study. This doesn’t need to be London; it can be at any of the BPP study centres in the UK.

We also accept applications from students who have self-funded the SQE qualification. 

  • £12,000 per year if studying in London 
  • £8,400 per year if studying in a regional location, outside of London (Birmingham. Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester) 

Grant payments are paid in three equal instalments. 

Before joining PwC on a training contract, non-Law students need to complete the PGDL and SQE (each one year in length). The PGDL is a law conversion course designed for non-law graduates who want to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister in England and Wales. The course provides the foundational legal knowledge and skills needed to progress to the next stage of legal training; the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE).

The SQE is a single, rigorous assessment for all aspiring solicitors. All those wishing to qualify as a solicitor will need to pass the SQE.

On our Legal Services Graduate programme, you'll study towards the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). You may be familiar with the Legal Practice Course (LPC) which has been replaced with the SQE. 

The SQE is made up of two parts and the Essentials for Practice. In SQE1 you will be tested on functioning legal knowledge which tests your application of law based on realistic client-based scenarios through multiple choice questions. In SQE2 you will be tested on the practical legal skills required for practice. Essentials for Practice will help in preparing individuals for their workplace role, both in the development of their practice knowledge and technical skill, but also their professional behaviours. You will gain the SQE LLM Masters qualification.  

This will take one year to complete and requires you to study and complete the qualification before you join the firm on a two-year training contract to gain your Qualified Work Experience. You'll be supported by PwC through your studies and funding for the course and programme.

Our assessment and selection process

Apply online

The first thing you'll need to do is complete your online application carefully, following all the instructions.

Online assessment

A series of online assessments that measure your cognitive skills, behaviours, natural preferences and reasoning abilities.

Video interview

The next stage of our assessment process is an on-demand video interview. The questions will focus on how you typically approach your work, for example at school, university or any prior work experience you may have.

Assessment centre

The last stage of the summer vacation scheme recruitment process is a virtual immersive assessment centre.

Summer Vacation Scheme

You’ll complete a series of assessments during the programme – including a business assessment, written exercise and a case law activity.

Law degree route

If you’re studying for/have completed a Law degree, you will then complete a one-year SQE course ahead of joining our Training Contract.

Non-law degree route

If you’re studying for/have completed a non-Law degree, you will then complete a one-year PGDL conversion course, followed by a one-year SQE LLM Masters ahead of joining our Training Contract.

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assessment and selection process

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