Job Description

About us

At Clyde & Co, we\'re leaders in the Casualty market. Built on scale, unparalleled expertise and a new vision for making the most of AI, data and technology, our Casualty practice is the biggest in the UK. With 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, and 3200 legal professionals in over 60 locations on 6 continents, our reach is truly global.

Based at our fabulous office in Manchester, our incredibly varied workload includes \xc2\xa3multi-million cases that take us from our desks to courtrooms across the UK. It\'s a chance to learn from true industry experts and experienced people at all levels of our business - all committed to helping you build a successful law career.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

What is the Casualty Qualification Pathway?

There are two qualification pathways to gain the SQE qualification.

Our graduate solicitor apprenticeship (GSA) is a fast-track route to qualify as a solicitor and will support you through the new pathway to qualification by completion of the Solicitors Qualifying Exams (SQE1 and SQE2) and an internationally recognised Master\'s qualification (LLM), alongside gaining qualifying work experience. You will study with our nominated provider, the University of Law.

This graduate apprenticeship prepares students for day 1 as a qualified solicitor with a particular focus on the skills of Interviewing, Advocacy, Case and Matter Analysis, Legal Research, Legal Writing and Drafting. Upon successful completion, subject to the SRA Character & Suitability test, you will become a fully qualified solicitor with the SRA and subject to your performance on the programme, we hope to be able to offer you a newly qualified solicitor position.

Please note, applicants with non law-degrees and law graduates who graduated before August 2021 will be required to complete a PGDL (5 month law top up course) prior to starting SQE1.

For applicants who hold a law degree AND have completed an LPC, you will be required to complete the SQE2 only, over a 40 week part time course.

Key Requirements

For this position you must have 12 months continuous service at Clyde & Co at the time of your application. If you are selected to attend an interview, you must be an employee of the firm during the time of the interview.

We are asking applicants to meet the following criteria: 2:2 at Batchelors Degree, 3 C\'s at A level & GCSE English Literature and Language at Level C.

Please be advised that in order to be eligible for this government funded qualification, you must be a British citizen or hold a refugee status.

For more details, please see the policy document or email .

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package as a trainee 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.

*THIS VACANCY IS FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY - EXTERNAL APPLICANTS WILL BE REJECTED*

The application process

We are looking for applicants with the motivation to develop their career and potential to be successful in the role throughout our process. The application process varies slightly from programme to programme, but this is what you\'ll need to do for this opportunity:

• Explore the programme specific information to understand which opportunity is the right one for you.
• You\'ll need to make your application online via our online application system.
• Email the Early Careers Team (graduaterecruitment@clydeco.com) to let them know your application has been made and attach two partner/supervisor feedback forms. These forms must be sent by the closing date of August 17th 2023.
• You will then be invited to complete our digital immersive assessment which simulates a realistic preview of what it\'s like to work at Clyde & Co. It looks to assess specific strengths and skills required in the role and asks you to complete a series of motivational and strengths-based questions though video interviews.
• Following this, if successful we will be in contact to invite you to a strengths based interview.

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