Training Contract

Job description

What is a training contract?

A training contract is a two-year placement that is undertaken by trainee solicitors after they finish their SQE. Trainees will spend two years getting a practical legal education overseen by senior solicitors at the firm.

What does the job involve?

As a trainee lawyer, you can expect tasks to be very varied. To keep things simple, here are a list of tasks that you can expect to encounter during your time at Clyde & Co:

• Legal research
• Drafting documents as part of transactions and litigation, including facility agreements, witness statements and pleadings
• Communicating and meeting with clients
• Attending hearings and trials, taking notes where necessary
• Filing and serving documentation at Court and on the other side
• Document review
• Bundling documents in preparation for trial

Examples of trainee duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting case-handlers with active files
• Upholding the firm's reputation at external events
• Developing legal knowledge by attending both internal and external training sessions
• Managing workload as well as getting involved in pro bono

About the programme

We're proud to be partnering with the University of Law to delivery an exceptional and innovative LLM course incorporating SQE1, SQE2, as well as an SQE Plus programme that has been developed by our lawyers in collaboration with the University, and is bespoke to Clyde & Co. Not only you will be thoroughly prepared for all academic aspects of the SQE, the world-class teaching and exclusive resources will equip you with the fundamental skills and technical savvy essential to succeed as a lawyer at Clyde & Co.

Throughout your studies you will receive comprehensive and personalised support from your dedicated academic tutor, as well as a Trainee Buddy and a Mentor from the firm. We also have a year's programme of social events and engagement days for our Future Trainees, so you can get to know us and each other before your Training Contract begins. Once you have completed the 11 months study, you will join us to undertake your qualifying work experience (QWE) via a two-year training contract.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package as a newly qualified solicitor. You will also be entitled to a range of rewards and benefits:

• Private medical
• Pension scheme
• Group income protection
• Maternity and paternity pay
• Holiday purchase
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym subsidy

We'll make sure you have plenty of support throughout your programme - alongside having support from your dedicated supervisor, University of Law skills coach and tutor, you will also have regular one to one session with the early careers team and will be allocated a mentor from one of our newly qualified lawyers, enabling you to get peer-to-peer support and guidance. You can also look forward to a tailored induction programme and on-going internal training designed to ensure you have the skills, knowledge, and commercial acumen you need to become a well-rounded solicitor.

What we are looking for

• Achieved an AAB at A-Level or equivalent (mitigating circumstances will be considered)
• Achieved a 2:1 in your undergraduate degree

Additional job details

How to apply

Strengths Based Assessment

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.

For more information, hints and tips please view our careers website.

Recruitment Process

We recruit our London and Scottish trainees via our vacation schemes and internal process.

We recruit our Manchester trainees via our internal process only.

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.

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.

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Closing date:  5 January 2026