Making Links Scholarship: Europe

About Us

Our clients want a law firm they can trust, one that stands out for a commitment to investing in them and empowering our teams. We want to stand out for our distinctive Linklaters mind-set, so our clients want to work with us above all others. Delivering excellent client service and using our global capabilities to help them pursue the right opportunities means they benefit from long and lasting relationships. To put clients at the heart of all we do, we recruit and develop exceptional people empowering them to do and think differently. We serve our clients as a team, with a common focus on innovation, efficiency, and agility.

Making Links Scholarship

The Making Links Scholarship programme is designed to help talented European university students from underrepresented groups succeed in their early careers by developing technical and professional skills, such as legal drafting and presentation skills, while building strong commercial fluency and a global outlook. The programme will be offered in our European offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, and all German offices, and its content will be delivered in English.

The programme will include:

• An internship programme in the closest local office. In Germany (February – March 2025), for all other offices (June – August 2025)
• A sponsorship of €3000 net per student which will be paid at the beginning of the internship
• Interactive webinars, presentations, and group discussions organised on a regional basis
• Invitations to local office activities throughout the programme
• Personal professional coaching sessions
• A strong focus on developing confidence using English (written and oral) in a professional setting

Who is eligible?

We are looking for law students who consider themselves belonging to an underrepresented background, are committed to pursuing a career in commercial law, and demonstrate consistent academic performance. You are eligible from your:

• Third year of your bachelor’s degree or first and second year of your master’s degree (if you live/study in Belgium)
• Third year of your law degree (“Licence”) while being available for a summer internship from June to August with a “convention de stage” delivered by your university (if you live/study in France)
• Fifth year of your law degree (if you live/study in Italy)
• Third year of your bachelor’s degree while being available for an internship during the summer break (if you live/study in Luxembourg or a neighbouring country)
• Third year of your bachelor’s degree or in your master’s degree (if you live/study in the Netherlands)
• Penultimate or last year of your law degree (if you live/study in Portugal)
• Antepenultimate, penultimate, or final year of your law degree (if you live/study in Spain)
• Last year of your bachelor’s degree (if you live/study in Sweden)
• You are in advanced law studies and have passed an intermediate examination (if you live/study in Germany)

Application Process

Please submit your CV, transcript of records, and a cover letter outlining your aspirations and reasons for wanting to join the programme. As part of your cover letter, include the following:

• What makes you a good candidate for the Scholarship and what is your background?
• Why are you applying to the Scholarship?
• What do you hope to achieve with the Scholarship?
• Why are you interested in commercial law and Linklaters?

Shortlisted students will be invited to a short video interview with a member of the local HR team.

Application Deadline: 29 November 2024

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Are you ready?

From a shifting geopolitical landscape to the exponential growth in FinTech, this is a time of unprecedented change. At Linklaters, we’re ready. Our people go further to support our clients, with market-leading legal insight and innovation. And we go further for each other, too. We’re people you want to work with, generous with our time and ready to help. So no matter what the future holds, with us you’ll be one step ahead. Great change is here, and we make sure you're ready.