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

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.