Training contract

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 training contracts consist of 4 x 6 month seats. There are no compulsory or guaranteed seats. In London, you're likely to complete at least one seat with our Insurance practice, and you may be required to complete a seat in our Guildford office. In Bristol, we also offer non-rotational training contracts in our Energy & Construction team. There are also opportunities for trainees in London to be seconded to our clients and our international offices.

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We recruit for our training contracts exclusively through our vacation schemes in London/Guildford, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. Applications for our vacation schemes open on 7th September 2026 and close on 19th November 2026.

We do not recruit on a rolling basis; however, we reserve the right to close applications early if we receive extremely high volumes.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Clyde & Co, one of our core values is to 'Celebrate Difference'. Our DEI strategy is guided by the principle “For everyone. By everyone.”, recognising that every colleague has a role in creating an inclusive culture and delivering value for our people, clients, and communities. Our 2030 aspirations include reducing the gaps to gender and ethnicity representation, enhancing our diversity data self-identification rates, and ensuring positive engagement scores across our DEI measures.

Our key initiatives translate this strategy into practical action. For example, targeted sponsorship and leadership accelerator programmes that support career development and progression for underrepresented groups. We recognise the importance of broadening access to the profession, and through our Legal Insight for Future Talent (LIFT) programme, we provide hands-on experience, skills training, and mentorship opportunities to individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Our market-leading Family Leave policy, offered to prospective parents regardless of gender, parental role, or route to parenthood, continues to drive gender equality, and our Workplace Adjustments policy enables all colleagues to participate in, and contribute to, the firm’s success. All our work around diversity, equity, and inclusion is done in partnership with our colleagues through our global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which provide community, awareness, and education for all. Our global ERGs cover Gender, Parents and Carers, Pride, Disability, Neurodiversity and Accessibility, Mental Wellbeing, Faith, and Culture and Heritage.