ACCESS

A four-day, virtual work experience placement offering an introduction to Clifford Chance and the legal sector. We’ll unpack and explain Clifford Chance’s key practice areas and look at different types of legal careers, from barristers to in-house lawyers. You will also begin to develop the core business skills critical to professional success, whatever your final career choice. This will be held virtually, making it accessible to anyone, anywhere. This will be paid at £400 per week.

You will have access to a dedicated mentor as well as support and training on how to make the most out of a mentoring relationship. Your mentor will be on hand to provide invaluable advice throughout the two years and will be a Clifford Chance lawyer, trainee, or future trainee.

ACCESS Experience offers you the opportunity to develop your insight and skills during a unique five day programme delivered by the Social Mobility Business Partnership. During this award-winning programme, you’ll spend time with five different companies in sectors ranging from retail to media and sport. You'll also take part in immersive workshops that focus on how law, finance and other core business areas interact in that sector. This will be paid at £500 per week.

All ACCESS students can have one-to-one tutoring, delivered by tutors with specialist knowledge in the subject of your choice. Designed to fit in with your schedule and learning style, your lessons will take place online, via the or Peppo platform, at a time and place that suits you. Once you’ve chosen the subject you’d like to focus on, we’ll match you with a tutor with experience in that subject who will be able to provide you with relevant and targeted support.

With ACCESS Action, you have the chance to make an impact on your community right now by working with Tender, a charity working to end domestic abuse, sexual violence, and sexual harassment. After attending a workshop focused on creating healthy relationships as you transition to university, you can become a youth ambassador for Tender, where you’ll be supported to help your peers. You’ll also master a diverse range of mentoring skills, increase your confidence, and become part of a movement that is working to change attitudes to respect and safety.

This aspect of the programme has been designed to support you during your transition from school to university. There will be group sessions from various experts and university admission teams to help guide you through how to approach UCAS, including useful advice on how to put together your personal statement. You will also receive informative sessions from our future trainees who are currently at university, on how to prepare for university, study tips, budgeting and more.

Following ACCESS, whatever career you enter, you’ll continue to be part of this powerful, exclusive community. Each year of the programme, we’ll invite you to an in-person ACCESS networking event. As well as strengthening your network, you’ll have the chance to meet Clifford Chance alumni from your chosen university.

1:1 sessions with a member of the Early Talent Acquisition Team will include career development coaching sessions. In addition, you will have access to group skills sessions to help prepare you for the steps that lie ahead. This will also provide an opportunity for you to stay connected with us and request any additional advice or support if needed. Our recruitment team will also guide you through the process if you wish to apply for the SPARK scheme.

If you have the potential to be a lawyer – we can help you to realise that potential. You'll receive executive coaching, including small group discussions on current affairs, application hints and tips via webinars, application advice and one-to-one interview coaching, delivered by Rare Recruitment, the UK’s leaders in diversity graduate recruitment.