Our vacation scheme gives you a taste of what it’s like to work at HCR. You’ll meet partners, solicitors and trainees from a range of service teams giving you an immersive and engaging hands-on experience of life as a lawyer at HCR. You will be supervised by an appropriate person and have the chance to be involved in interesting work which gives you the opportunity to showcase your talent.
During the vacation scheme you will take part in
- a virtual mock trial with your fellow vacation scheme participants, judged by a Partner of the firm;
- networking opportunities with partners, solicitors, trainees and other representatives from across the firm;
- skills and development workshops; and
- work shadowing with trainees, paralegals and qualified lawyers in up to 4 separate practice areas.
The Vacation Scheme will be held on 7th to 11th July 2025. Monday to Thursday you will be in the office rotating around teams, and Friday will be a virtual mock trial.
The deadline for applications is 17th March 2025.
About you
Our Vacation Scheme is aimed at:
- Penultimate or final year law students
- Final year non-law students
The vacation scheme will be an opportunity to network with a range of colleagues, undertake real life legal work and develop the skills needed to be a successful lawyer. We're looking for individuals who show a genuine interest in the law and intend to pursue this as a career.
Successful applicants will be required to have a telephone interview.
About us
Is HCR the smart move for you?
HCR suits people who love a challenge and want to work in an environment where careers thrive on the back of hard work and personal merit. Our people enjoy feeling part of something bigger than themselves, and whilst our clients drive our development, it is our people who bring their energy, enthusiasm, and entrepreneurial mindsets together to solve problems and help our clients succeed.
Why HCR people love their jobs?
Our people tell us they enjoy working on good quality, interesting matters from a wide variety of our clients, because they get the experience they want to develop their careers. We will give you responsibility early, the mandate to make things happen and we’ll back your good ideas. Our “Passion for People” lives and breathes every day throughout the firm as our peoples’ energy and sense of fun create a warm environment in which to thrive.
What career progression will HCR offer you?
HCR’s growth constantly creates opportunities for people who want to go places and make a difference, your career plan can become part of our growth plan. At HCR you can expect to work with friendly, energetic, ambitious people, who love getting stuck into a client problem, and enjoy celebrating a good outcome. Our people value the sense of community provided by the individual personality of each office and the collegiate approach across all our service and sector teams.
What does HCR believe achieve and stand for?
As a Times Best Law firm, among the UK Top 60, we provide the full range of services that you would expect to organisations, business leaders and individuals. However, in our mission to give everyone the opportunity to experience a different kind of legal service we take an entrepreneurial approach. We’re flexible and responsive to the needs of our clients, delivering the best outcomes for them. We have more than 800 Lawyers and support staff, including more than 150 Partners, and have been awarded the Law Society’s Lexcel quality mark in recognition of our compliance and client care standards.
With ten offices in England and Wales our well-established presence stretches from west to east, ensuring clients can access a full-service legal offering no matter where they’re located. We’ve expanded significantly in Birmingham, Cardiff and the Thames Valley, and our merger with Hewitsons resulted in a full service regional hub being established in the heart of the Waterside innovation area centre of Northampton. Our London and Cambridge continue to grow apace.
With solid connections in the communities we work in, and a track record of delivering legal advice to businesses and individuals throughout the areas we base ourselves in, our clients continue to value our approach to providing legal advice, in the way they need, when they need it.
As HCR is an equal opportunities employer, we don’t just accept differences, we celebrate them. We want to attract a diverse and ambitious workforce that reflects all backgrounds and skills to create a workplace that is supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and which works together to achieve the best outcome for our clients.
We also want you to achieve your absolute best during the recruitment process. Please let us know of any changes we can make at any point that will help support your application. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.
