In a recruitment landscape where training contracts are increasingly hard to come by there are tales abound of students relentlessly working their way through countless application forms in a desperate attempt to start on the path to a career in law.

The best way to get a foot in the door is, of course, work experience. However, it will come as no surprise to students that vacation schemes are in equally short supply.

A good article in Legal Week about the importance of vacation schemes with some tips on how to make the most of them - click here: Vacation Scheme Placements