The Legal Cheek Spring Virtual Vacation Scheme and Law Fair 2026, run in partnership with The University of Law (ULaw), takes place from Monday 23 March to Wednesday 25 March 2026 (with the Virtual Law Fair taking place 2-4pm on Tuesday 24 March). Register to attend now!
It features a series of short talks, workshops and Q&As with lawyers from leading law firms, corresponding written exercises set by ULaw, as well as an employability expo and a virtual law fair featuring 25 leading firms.
Corporate partner at Slaughter and May
Future trainee solicitor at Mishcon de Reya
Associate in the corporate & financial services team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Future trainee solicitor at Bird & Bird
Senior associate in the real estate finance team at BCLP
Senior associate at Pinsent Masons
Senior student recruitment officer at The University of Law
Partner specialising in contentious IT and Intellectual Property matters at Pinsent Masons
Trainee solicitor at Slaughter and May
Future trainee solicitor at Eversheds Sutherland
Trainee solicitor at Pinsent Masons
Trainee solicitor in the corporate & financial services team at Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Employability group manager at The University of Law
Future trainee solicitor at RPC
Senior lecturer at The University of Law
• The University of Law (Daniel Cowan, SQE deputy programme director)
Workshop
• Slaughter and May (Claire Jackson, partner, and William Swainson, trainee solicitor)
Expo
• The University of Law (Amber Harwood, senior student recruitment officer; Debbie Woods, senior lecturer; Catherine Morgan, employability group manager; Sharmin Khalique, employability consultant; and Jody Phillips, careers consultant)
Workshop
• Pinsent Masons (David Woods, partner; Eilidh Smith, senior associate; and Anna Rea, trainee solicitor)
Lawyers, trainees and graduate recruitment teams from Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, BCLP, Burges Salmon, Clyde & Co, Dentons, DWF, Irwin Mitchell, Mayer Brown, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Slaughter and May, Taylor Wessing, The University of Law, Travers Smith, Vinson & Elkins, Watson Farley & Williams, Weil Gotshal & Manges, White & Case, Wiggin and Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Workshop
• BCLP (Sam Burke, senior associate)
Presentation
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Harry Buchanan, associate, and Xanthe Gabrielle-Beacher, trainee solicitor)
• Holly Willis, future trainee at Mishcon de Reya and ULaw student ambassador
• Chloe Autran, future trainee at Eversheds Sutherland and ULaw student ambassador
• Charlie Cromwell-Pinder, future trainee at Bird & Bird and ULaw student ambassador
• Holly Teasdale, future trainee at RPC and ULaw student ambassador
All sessions take place virtually via our virtual events platform. Some are view-only with students able to interact via the chat; in others students are encouraged to interact by sharing their audio and video.
Case study exercises are set by ULaw, with model answers supplied at the end of the Scheme.
You are encouraged to attend all sessions but we appreciate you may have some other commitments to balance. Students who attend all of the sessions receive a certificate at the end of the Scheme.
