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Taking your first step towards becoming a qualified lawyer is an exciting time, but with so many firms out there, how do you make the right choice?

At Simmons, we want to make your decision as easy as possible. Come along to any of our campus events or apply for an open day and you’ll have the chance to ask anything you need to, or even just get a new perspective on why we’re the firm for you.

 

Open days

Location:
Bristol

Dates:

27 November 2019

22 January 2020

Who's it for?
Open to anyone of undergraduate level and above

Applications open: 01 September 2019
Applications close: Varies

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Open days

Location:
London

Dates:
09 October 2019
07 November 2019
20 November 2019

Who's it for?
Open to anyone of undergraduate level and above

Applications open: 01 September 2019
Applications close: Varies

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Winter vacation scheme

Location:
London

Dates:

09 - 13 December 2019

Who's it for?
Final year students and graduates

Applications open: 01 October 2019
Applications close: 01 November 2019

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Spring insight scheme

Location:
London

Dates:
07 - 08 April 2020

Who's it for?
First year law and non-law students and penultimate year non-law students

Applications open: 15 January 2020
Applications close: 15 February 2020

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Summer vacation scheme

Location:
Bristol

Dates:
15 - 19 June 2020

Who's it for?
Penultimate year law students, final year students and graduates

Applications open: 15 October 2019
Applications close: 15 February 2020

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Summer vacation scheme

Location:
London

Dates:
22 June - 03 July 2020
06 July - 17 July 2020

Who's it for?
Penultimate year law and non-law students, final year students and graduates

Applications open: 15 October 2019
Applications close: 15 January 2020

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Evolve placement year

Location:
London

Dates:
September 2020 to August 2021

Who's it for?

Students (from any discipline) whose degree requires a year in industry.

Applications open: 15 October 2019

Applications close: 15 February 2020

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Training contract

Location:
Bristol (see below), London (apply for our vacation scheme)

Dates:
September 2022

Who's it for?
Penultimate year law students, all final year students and graduates

Applications open: 01 Dec 2019
Applications close: 15 Feb 2020

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London Supreme Court - networking event

Location:
The Supreme Court, Parliament Square, Little George St, Westminster, London SW1P 3BD

Dates:

29 October 2019 18:00-21:00

Who's it for?
All law and non-law students from London universities

Our annual Simmons & Simmons Supreme Court event is a unique opportunity to hear about the firm from our partners, associates and trainees through short presentations and networking over drinks and canapes. Sign up now to attend!

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BreakThrough - LGBT in the City

Location:
Simmons & Simmons, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, London EC2Y 9SS

Dates:
30 October 2019 18:30 - 20:30

Who's it for?
Everyone

An event for LGBT students who are aspiring for a career in law to learn about the experiences of LGBT leaders and role-models, to explore issues of coming out at work and to find out more about graduate opportunities. We will be joined by a panel of Simmons & Simmons lawyers and clients, followed by drinks and nibbles.

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BreakThrough - Gender in the City

Location:
Simmons & Simmons, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, London EC2Y 9SS

Dates:
07 November 2019 18:30-20:30

Who's it for?
Everyone

Listen to our panel of speakers discuss gender diversity in the city, ask questions about their career journey and learn more about our graduate opportunities. The discussion will be followed by drinks and networking with members of our women's network (The Number One Club) and fellow students from other universities.

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BreakThrough - BAME in the City

Location:
Simmons & Simmons, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker St, London EC2Y 9SS

Dates:
13 November 2019 18:30-20:30

Who's it for?
Everyone

We are finalising the details of this event. Please check our website closer to the time for full details.
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University of Bristol - Pizza Making

Location:
Pizza Express, 31 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1HP

Dates:

21 October 2019 18:30-21:00

Who's it for?
University of Bristol law and non-law students

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University of Cambridge - Panel Discussion and Networking

Location:
Cripps Court Auditorium, Magdalene College (University of Cambridge) CB3 0AG

Dates:

14 October 2019 18.30 - 21.00

Who's it for?
University of Cambridge law and non-law students

 

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Cardiff University - Activity and Networking

Location:
Revolucion De Cuba, The Friary, Cardiff CF10 3FA

Dates:

15 October 2019 18:30-21:00

Who's it for?
Cardiff University law and non-law students

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Durham University - Gin and Jazz evening

Location:
The Boat Club, Elvet Riverside, Durham, DH1 3AF

Dates:
09 October 2019 18:30-21:00

Who's it for?
Durham University law and non-law students

 

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University of Exeter - Activity and Networking

Location:
Pink Moon Cafe, 44 Queen St, Exeter EX4 3SR

Dates:
21 October 2019 18:30-21:00

Who's it for?
University of Exeter law and non-law students

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University of Oxford - Panel Discussion and Networking

Location:
The Varsity Club, 9 High St, Oxford, OX1 4DB

Dates:

16 October 2019 18:30-21:00

Who's it for?
University of Oxford law and non-law students

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University of Warwick evening

Location:
TBC

Dates:

18 November 2019 18:00-20:00 

Who's it for?
University of Warwick law and non-law students

We are finalising the details of this event. Please check our website closer to the time for full details.
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Where else can you meet us

We are attending law fairs at the following universities this year:

Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, Exeter, KCL, Leeds, LSE, Nottingham, Oxford, Queen Mary, UCL, Warwick and York.

If we don't visit your university, don't worry. Why not attend one of our open days or BreakThrough events? They're a great opportunity to meet people and find out about our graduate opportunities and application process.

You can also keep up to date with our events and application deadlines by following us on Facebook and registering your interest here to receive regular updates via email. 

I think I was genuinely very surprised to see how many people were willing to help me with my career progression. It wasn’t just my immediate group.

Emma Sutcliffe,
Partner

The highlight for me so far has been running a share buy-back during my second seat in Corporate. It was a great opportunity to work independently with minimal Associate and Partner involvement.

Jon Dodds,
Trainee

I was working on a deal and the trainees and myself had been working quite long hours and we had planned to go out for dinner to celebrate. It turned out that we were still working and it got to about 8pm and the partner said ‘You all deserve the night off, why don’t you give this to me and you all go out for dinner’ and that really stuck out to me as an example of what a nice place this is to work because it was very much a team effort.

Shachi Nathdwarawala,
Associate

I attend Battersea Legal Advice Centre once a month on Monday evenings and meet different clients with various legal problems that I wouldn’t encounter at work. I’ve also done the Access to Justice programme.

Abby Thompson,
Trainee

I was the first person at Simmons & Simmons in the Dispute Resolution group to automate a document and a settlement agreement and I’m actually learning coding at the moment.

Tessa Jones,
Supervising Associate