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Open Days, Office Drop-Ins & Events

Discover our opportunities and meet us to further your understanding of Bird & Bird, our work, and our people.

Open Days

From insight talks, panel discussions and Q&As, to workshops and skill sessions, there’s so much to discover at our Open Days. Whatever your route or background into law, choose the Open Day that's right for you.

Trainee Solicitor Open Day (Virtual)
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Applications open: 15 September 2025
Deadline: 15 October 2025

Solicitor Apprentice Open Day (In-Person)
Thursday 30 October 2025
Applications open: 15 September 2025
Deadline: 22 October 2025

STEM Solicitor Open Day (Virtual)
Thursday 6 November 2025 
Applications open: 15 September 2025
Deadline: 30 October 2025

 

Applying to us

To apply to our Solicitor Apprentice Open Day, you must be eligible for an apprenticeship. At the time of submitting your application, you should be in Year 13 completing your A-Levels (or equivalent) or recently left school or college.
 
To apply to our Trainee Solicitor Open Day, you must be able to start a training contract in September 2028 or sooner. At the time of submitting your application, you must:

• be in your penultimate year, final year, or have completed a law degree.
• or be in your final year or have completed a non-law degree.
• or be studying or have completed the PGDL.
• or be studying or have completed SQE1 and/or SQE2. 

To apply to our STEM Solicitor Open Day, you must be able to start a training contract in September 2028 or sooner. At the time of submitting your application, you must:

• or be in your final year or have completed a STEM degree.
• or be studying or have completed the PGDL.
• or be studying or have completed SQE1 and/or SQE2. 

We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Recruitment process

Online application form only.

Go to our employability hub, The Nest, to develop your legal skills and commercial awareness, learn about the recruitment process and what we look for in successful candidates, and general advice on navigating your career in law.

Office Drop-Ins

Our Office Drop-In is the chance for you to meet our lawyers, Early Careers team, and fellow aspiring solicitors in-person at our London office. Come and learn about our firm, the work we do, and our opportunities available to you.

Office Drop-In 1
12-2pm on Thursday 16 October 2025
Applications open: 15 September 2025
Deadline: 16 October 2025

Applying to us

To apply to our Office Drop-Ins, you must be in Year 12 or above. Please note that you can only apply to one Office Drop-In.

We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Recruitment process

Registration form only.

Go to our employability hub, The Nest, to develop your legal skills and commercial awareness, learn about the recruitment process and what we look for in successful candidates, and general advice on navigating your career in law.

Events

View our September 2025 to December 2025 events calendar.

 

From law fairs, panel discussions and Q&As to workshops, skill sessions and open days, there's so much to learn about a career in law and life at Bird & Bird. You can register, sign-up or apply to our in-person and virtual events via our events calendar.

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