Our two-year London training programme provides you with a wealth of experiences and excellent training to ensure a successful career as an English law-qualified lawyer. We will recruit our 2027 trainee intake from participants in our 2025 vacation scheme.
How to apply
2025 Vacation Scheme
In 2025 Davis Polk will run a spring vacation scheme and a summer vacation scheme in the London office.
Spring vacation scheme: 7 – 11 April 2025
Summer vacation scheme: 30 June – 4 July 2025
Applications for both sessions will open on 28 October 2024 and close on 19 December 2024.
What to expect
Our vacation scheme offers a perfect introduction to a career in law and to Davis Polk. In each 2025 vacation scheme, we will host a group of eight to 10 law students for a week. You will work on international transactions for some of our major clients and learn about our practice, culture and distinctive approach to client care. You will receive £750 to cover expenses and be interviewed for our 2027 training programme, for which we look to offer around five places.
If you are selected as one of our trainees, we will provide you with training and full sponsorship to help you through the first and second stages of the SQE in the year after you graduate from university. In the two-year training programme that follows, you will experience our corporate and finance practices, spend time in a specialist area of law such as tax, executive compensation, financial regulatory or antitrust and competition, and have the opportunity to work in our New York or Brussels office. You will share an office with a more senior colleague, receive tailored training and have extensive contact with and access to our partners. You will receive a first-year base salary of £60,000, rising to £65,000 in the second year and then £170,000 on qualification, along with a comprehensive benefits package.