How can I find out more about Clyde & Co? Our website www.clydeco.com can tell you more about us. To help you decide if we are the right firm for you, we offer summer and winter placement opportunities which enable you to experience the very real differences between academic study and legal practice.
Placement Opportunities During a placement, you will spend three weeks assisting lawyers in a variety of practice areas where you will have the opportunity to get involved in challenging work such as attending trials and liaising with clients, as well as undertake a range of exercises and meet employees at every level of the firm both formally and socially. You will work as part of a teamwhere you will have the opportunity to use many of the skills which we believe are essential to the role of a solicitor at Clyde & Co, such as analysis, team-working, report writing, interviewing witnesses, carrying out research, and dealing with clients. In short you will gain a “real life” experience of commercial law in practice.
I first joined Clyde & Co as a summer clerk. The mix of high quality work which I received and the friendly culture of the firm immediately convinced me that this is the right law firm for me. As a Clyde & Co trainee, you will be given the opportunity to handle a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious matters from various industry sectors such as construction, shipping and insurance. To work alongside partners and associates who are reputable lawyers in their specialist areas is truly an invaluable and rewarding experience. Most importantly, these partners and associates really take an interest in your growth as a young professional and will offer you ample support and guidance as you go along. Clyde & Co is an ambitious firm - over the last decade we have doubled in size and we are currently operating in 45 international offices around the globe. If you have an appetite for success and are looking to build your legal career with a dynamic firm, Clyde & Co should definitely be your next destination.
Priscillia Lam Associate
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