Our Vacation Student Programme is the core of our graduate recruitment efforts. We are seeking talented students who have the potential to develop into exceptional solicitors.

We provide practical experience for students to learn beyond their textbooks through the Vacation Student Programme. Students participate in training sessions designed to develop the core skills required for legal practice.

As a vacation student, you will spend up to four weeks working closely with partners and associates on various projects and transactions, participate in client meetings, negotiations, draft legal documents and carry out research. The programme is designed to give students opportunities to interact with the firm's lawyers and clients. At the end of the programme, students' performance is reviewed and feedback given.

Where do our vacation students come from?

Our vacation students come from many of the world's top universities, including the University of Hong Kong, the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, King's College London, University College London and others.

We recruit candidates in the penultimate year of their law degree. Candidates are recruited as potential trainees based on the same criteria as for traineeships. 

It is our goal to have the majority of our future trainees to be comprised of our vacation students who have accepted our offer of employment as a trainee solicitor. We will consider top-performing students for a trainee solicitor's position.

When do applications close?

We recruit approximately twelve northern hemisphere students from Hong Kong and the United Kingdom for the June, July and August intakes and twelve southern hemisphere students from Australia or New Zealand for the January and February intakes. 

Students are taken on for four weeks. Our Vacation Student Programme dates are:

• January

• February

• June

• July

• August

As places are limited, applicants are encouraged to apply before the deadline. Offers are made on a rolling basis upon receipt of good applications. The closing date for the July and August intakes is 1 April, the closing date for the January and February intakes is 1 October.

Successful applicants will be contacted for a telephone interview. Hong Kong-based applicants may be invited to attend an interview at our offices.

Knowledge, Training and Development

We provide desktop access to the internet and, via the firm's intranet, to our comprehensive knowledge database. All vacation students have email facilities and office access to part the firm's intranet.

In addition to their professional duties, vacation students are invited to attend a variety of training seminars and social events, such as

• Welcome Lunch

• Information Systems Training

• Information & Research Centre Orientation

• Online Resources Training

• Other In-house and External Seminars

• Court Visit

• Social Events (junk trip, drinks or dinner)
  

How to apply

If you would like to apply for the Vacation Student Programme in our Hong Kong office, please apply online. For further inquiries please contact us at students@deacons.com.hk.

All correspondence will be held in the strictest confidence.