At Clyde & Co, we strongly believe the legal sector should be accessible for all and should have as few barriers as possible. That’s why we’re delighted to announce that this year we’ll once again be running our Bright Futures programme - in collaboration with Bright Network.

Our weeklong Bright Futures programme is aimed at people from lower socioeconomic status groups who have not yet had an opportunity to gain commercial work experience. The purpose of this programme is to develop soft skills and prepare students for the world of work. They also have the opportunity to secure an offer on one of our vacation schemes the following year.

Your Introduction to Law

This is an opportunity to spend a week in one of our world-renowned departments and to shadow one of our experienced lawyers. You’ll be able to get experience one of our complex legal transactions, develop an understanding of our core industry sectors and learn how we help our clients to achieve their commercial objectives.

What to Expect

Here’s a rough breakdown of what you can expect to encounter during your time on the Bright Futures programme:

Days one and two: an opportunity to learn about the wider business, how Clyde & Co generates money, sectors that Clyde & Co operate within and lastly, the culture that you can expect to become part of as a first-year trainee. There will also be group projects and social events to welcome students and get to know each other.

Day three: an opportunity for you to dive deep into your strengths with a Learning and Development professional and understand how to maximise these.

Day four: as mentioned previously, the penultimate day of the Bright Futures programme will be a bootcamp specifically designed to provide you with knowledge of the assessments that you will experience the following day. This has been designed to provide an equity of understanding and set you up for success.

Day five: The Assessment Centre. This will consist of various tasks such as group exercises, one-to-one interviews and a role play exercise. By the end of day four you’ll be prepared and best equipped to nail the assessment centre so please don’t worry about this stage too much. We want to set you up for success with the aim that you secure an offer for one of our Vacation Schemes the following year.

Bright Futures Programme

Get to know more about the Bright Futures Programme and how it gives early and empowering insight to first-year law students and penultimate-year non-law students.

Eligibility

Aimed at first-year law students and penultimate year non-law students from lower socioeconomic status groups, this scheme is designed to give you your first taste into working life at an international law firm. Candidates must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• You should have been eligible for free school meals between the ages of 11-16.

• Have grown up in a household where no parent/guardian had attended university.

• Have another form of social disadvantage.

• You do NOT need to have previous law experience, but you should be on track for a 2:1 degree, be commercially minded and able to tell us why you think you’d be a good fit for Clyde & Co.

• Please note we will be using RARE – a contextual recruitment system that has been built with fairness and equality front of mind.

Next Steps & Key Dates

You’ll need to make your application online between December 5 2022 and March 6 2023.

If you’re successful during the initial screening process then you’ll be invited to a telephone interview. Dates for the telephone interview will be confirmed in due course.

If you impress during the telephone interview, then you’ll be given a verbal offer to join our Bright Futures cohort for 2023.

The programme will officially begin on Monday, July 10 and end on Friday, July 14, 2023.