Vac schemes: students do everything but legal work Thomas Connelly 9 years ago As the summer stints draw to a close, Legal Cheek asks the pivotal question: did anyone do any legal work? A spot of tin foil sculpting was high on the agenda at Osborne Clarke Not a photocopier in sight at Mayer Brown Document proofing was put to one side as Bird & Bird vac schemers came over all artistic The team at Freshfields appeared to be on gardening leave While those at Clifford Chance simply took in the London sights It was vac schemers on ice over at DLA Piper Berwin Leighton Paisner’s mob got some hands-on table footie experience Slaughter and May’s eager beavers were allowed to draft a complex commercial contract make a salad. Herbert Smith Freehills wanted to answer that age-old question: how many vac schemers can you fit in a telephone box? Finally, Shearman & Sterling’s cohort discovered that corporate law is a lot like making pasta in an Italian restaurant