Bright Futures Programme

Job description

If you're keen to embark on a career in law, our Bright Futures programme could be the perfect stepping stone. It will give you a real insight into our firm and the opportunity to learn about how the law is applied in our core industry sectors.

The Programme

The Bright Futures programme offers first year law, or penultimate year non-law undergraduate students from lower socioeconomical backgrounds an opportunity to gain commercial work experience.

The programme takes place in our London office, giving you the opportunity to shadow one of our lawyers and meet many more through networking and panel sessions. You'll be able to develop an understanding of our core industry sectors and learn how we help our clients to achieve their commercial objectives. You will also meet the Early Careers Team who will support you with your journey into law, through organising development sessions and networking opportunities.

You'll receive £520 salary for the week, plus we cover up to £200 in travel expenses and can help towards accommodation costs if you live outside of Greater London.

At the end of the programme, you will take part in an assessment centre which will decide if you will be fast-tracked on to our London 2027 Vacation Scheme.

The Programme

• Bright Futures – 27 July – 31 July 2026

What we are looking for

Either first year law or penultimate year non-law undergraduate students on a 3-year degree or if on a 4-year degree, you must be a second-year law or penultimate year non-law undergraduate student

You do not need to have previous law experience, but you should have achieved AAB or equivalent at A level, be on track for a 2:1 degree, be commercially minded and able to tell us why you think you would be a good fit for Clyde & Co.

Candidates must have attended a state / non-fee-paying school and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• You were eligible for free school meals (you do not have to have received them).
• Your household income was lower than roughly £21,000 when you were about aged 14.
• You grew up in a household where no parent/guardian had attended university or higher education (you are still eligible if your parents/guardians went to university as a mature student, and if a sibling went to university).
• The occupation of your highest-paid parent or guardian when you were about aged 14 was: technical and craft occupations (e.g motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver) or routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations (e.g. postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, waiter/waitress) or unemployed.
• You spent time in local authority care.
• You are or have been a carer.
• You had refugee or asylum seeker status as a child.
• You have experienced homelessness.
• You consider yourself to be from a lower socio-economic background.

Accepted degree subjects

Any

Additional job details

How to apply

During our process we are assessing candidates based on the strengths that will deliver success in a role. This is great for the individual, doing work they love, and great for the employer, having team members who love what they do.

Recruitment Process

• Complete an online application
• Online assessment – consisting of a critical reasoning test as well as our Clyde & Co strengths-based assessment, which contains a mix of question types including written and order ranking.
• Video Interview - If you perform well in our initial online assessment, you will then be invited to complete a pre-recorded video interview.
• Virtual assessment centre
• Offers and feedback

Reasonable Adjustments

Please let us know if you need us to make adjustments or changes to the assessment process to help you best demonstrate your suitability for the role. We will do our best to accommodate your request. If you wish to discuss anything regarding the process, please contact Early Careers (EarlyCareers@clydeco.com).

You can find out more about the interview process and examples of adjustments we can put in place via this link A guide to reasonable adjustments, support and accessibility for our assessment process.

We recommend attending our Virtual Insight Events before submitting an application, so that you understand the next steps and online assessment. We do not recruit on a rolling basis.

Please note: You should only apply to one programme per recruitment cycle. If you are offered a Training Contract following the Vacation Scheme, law undergraduates will be required to complete the firms SQE (Solicitors Qualifying Examination) Training Programme with our nominated training provider. Non-law students will need to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Law (PGDL) prior to starting the SQE programme.

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