London Vacation Scheme 2027

Broadfield offers early-career opportunities for university students, graduates and aspiring solicitors. Its vacation scheme gives candidates the opportunity to experience working as a trainee solicitor and gain an insight into the firm's lawyers, clients and working environment.

The Vacation Scheme

The London Vacation Scheme 2027 is a paid two-week programme taking place in June 2027. Participants work alongside Broadfield lawyers on live matters and experience two different practice areas during the scheme.

The programme begins with a comprehensive induction and includes skills development workshops and networking opportunities. Each participant is assigned a supervisor for each seat and receives additional support from the wider team, a trainee buddy and the Early Talent team.

Vacation scheme students are paid the Living Wage applicable to the area in which they are working.

What Participants Can Expect

The scheme provides practical exposure to legal work rather than being limited to presentations and observation.

Participants may be asked to:

• Attend client meetings and take notes.

• Carry out legal research.

• Draft correspondence to clients.

• Review documents relating to cases.

• Work alongside solicitors on live matters.

• Take part in skills development workshops.

• Attend networking opportunities with lawyers and other members of the firm.

The two-seat structure allows participants to experience different areas of practice and develop a broader understanding of the work carried out by Broadfield lawyers.

Practice Areas

Broadfield offers vacation scheme placements across a range of practice areas. The available areas include:

• Commercial Real Estate

• Litigation

• Energy

• Restructuring and Insolvency

• Private Real Estate

• Private Wealth

• Private Equity & Funds

• Family

• Planning, Infrastructure and Public Law

• Corporate

• Commercial

• Employment

Broadfield will try to match placements with the participant's preferred area where possible.

Candidate Eligibility

For the 2027 vacation scheme, candidates should have completed, or be due to complete before September 2027, one of the following:

LLB or equivalent law degree

GDL or PGDL

LPC or LLM

SQE1

SQE1 and SQE2

Strong academic performance is preferred, ideally at 2:1 level. However, the firm considers mitigating circumstances and states that applicants are not scored on academic attainment.

Recruitment Process

Applications for the June 2027 vacation schemes open on 1 September 2026 and close on 10 January 2027.

The process begins with an online application form containing essay-style questions focused on candidates' motivation for a career in law and their reasons for wanting to work at Broadfield.

Candidates may use AI tools to assist with research, structuring or proofreading their applications. However, the firm states that applications relying too heavily on AI are unlikely to score well because the assessment is based on genuine personal experiences and authentic reflections.

Successful applicants are invited to complete a pre-recorded video interview. Offers for the vacation scheme are made following this stage.

From Vacation Scheme to Training Contract

The vacation scheme also provides a route into Broadfield's trainee recruitment process.

Candidates who receive positive feedback during the vacation scheme are invited to an in-person assessment centre at the end of June. Training contract offers are made shortly afterwards.

This means that the vacation scheme provides candidates with an opportunity to demonstrate their skills through practical work before progressing to the firm's assessment centre.

Location

The London programme is based at Broadfield's London office:

One Bartholomew Close

London

EC1A 7BL

Broadfield also runs vacation schemes in its Reading and Southampton offices, but the London programme is the relevant scheme for candidates applying for the London office.

Key Dates

Applications open: 1 September 2026

Application deadline: 10 January 2027

Vacation scheme: June 2027

Assessment centre: End of June 2027

Training contract offers: Shortly after the assessment centre