Sidley Austin has moved away from its traditional vacations scheme template in its London office, after assessing how the scheme worked throughout U.K. lockdowns. Trainee committee members Patrick Harrison, Lyndsey Laverack and Oliver Currall discuss what other best practices they learned from the process below.
Vacation schemes are Sidley’s main pipeline for recruiting trainee solicitors. Getting the right talent in the door is a two-way process; we find vacation schemes valuable because they provide a rigorous selection process that yields the best candidates – but are also a chance for candidates to experience our work and culture first hand.
