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.

Programme dates 2026: 27th July – 31st July

Deadline to apply: 5th January 2026

Key Requirements

To be eligible for this programme, candidates must be:

• 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.

We use RARE a contextualised recruitment system to ensure fairness and equality and review applications holistically.

Please note that to be eligible to participate in this scheme, you will need to have the right to work in the United Kingdom for the duration of the scheme. This Bright Futures role, as well as the vacation scheme, is not eligible for a skilled sponsor visa. If you are on a student visa, you will not be eligible to participate in the scheme during your term time. Please contact earlycareers@clydeco.com if you have any questions about this.

Strengths Based Assessment

During our process we are assessing candidates based on the strengths that will deliver success in a trainee 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 interview, with fee earners or early careers
• 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 Events | Clyde & Co Careers

We do not recruit on a rolling basis.

Please note: You should only apply to one programme per recruitment cycle, but you can attend multiple virtual events.

The Firm

Clyde & Co is a global law firm providing a complete service to clients in its core sectors of insurance, transport, energy, infrastructure and trade & commodities.

We're growing and transforming our business and accelerating our clients' success. The prospects for taking on new challenges and pursuing your potential have never been brighter.

Our distinctive strength is our people. Sharp thinking, motivated and grounded, we believe the best ideas and solutions are co-created. We share our time and opportunities to contribute in positive, impactful ways. Collaboration and teamwork are at the heart of our culture where everyone can thrive.

Here you're empowered with autonomy to work your way. To embrace every opportunity to accelerate your career doing interesting, stimulating work. To learn and broaden your outlook with global teams and clients. Supported by thoughtful, inspiring colleagues and mentors.

Our business is fast paced and demanding. The expectations and standards are high. You'll be fully invested in growing yourself, your colleagues and our firm. Working together towards a shared goal - to consistently deliver exceptional outcomes and bring out the best in each other.

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

Application deadline:
Monday, 5 January 2026 at 23:59 (UTC)
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