Paralegal Apprenticeships

Clifford Chance Newcastle offers you the opportunity to join one of the most pre-eminent international law firms in the world. We established our Newcastle office in early 2018, where our team of more than 80 paralegals, senior paralegals and operations managers bring decades of experience, expertise and specialist knowledge to areas such as legal tech and process-driven service delivery.

The team in Newcastle works on matters for all the firm's practice areas, providing support for a range of legal tasks while ensuring that knowledge, resources, processes and technology are deployed effectively. Our Newcastle office offers the close-knit and inclusive culture of a smaller firm with the resources and support of a global elite law firm.

We are recruiting for paralegal apprentices to join our September 2024 cohort and embark on a two-year paralegal apprenticeship. You'll be working in a team with paralegals at differing levels and senior stakeholders across the business. Your role will be to assist them with all aspects of delivery across a range of projects, practice areas and offices, whilst working towards attaining your paralegal apprenticeship qualification.

We are looking for people who are organised, enthusiastic and detail focused. The role requires you to be proactive and forward thinking, able to deal with and juggle competing demands for a variety of complex tasks. Ideally, you’ll have five GCSEs (grade A-C or 9-4) including Maths and English or equivalent qualifications; and three A-levels (or equivalent) grade A-C.

You will be paid the 'Real Living Wage' and if successful at the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to become a permanent Paralegal within the Newcastle office.

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Application window

4th Dec 2023: Applications open
11th Feb 2024 : Applications close

Assessment process

The assessment centre will consist of two online tests:
1. Reading Comprehension – Tests ability to extract relevant information from written sources
2. Following Instructions- Measures ability to follow detailed instructions and then select the correct course of action
Remember to use our practice test and prepare yourself as best as you can.

Interview process

If you are successful at assessment centre stage, you will be invited to a competency-based interview with the Apprentice Manager and an additional member of the management team.

Interviews will take place in-person at our Newcastle office.

Find out more

Shortlisted candidates will be given the opportunity to attend a webinar to hear more about the apprenticeship, our culture and the role of a paralegal apprentice before their application is progressed to assessment stage – although the webinar is not mandatory.

Jack Campbell
Paralegal Apprentice

"I would say my favourite part about working at Clifford Chance is the community here it's so supportive, and everyone is just as invested in your success as you are."

Hannah Office
Paralegal Apprentice

"Working at Clifford Chance makes me feel like I can really achieve something."

Jason Gatchalian
Paralegal Apprentice

"Although I have only been working for Clifford Chance for over a year, I feel that I have significantly developed as a person and as a working professional."

Callum Wallace
Paralegal Apprentice

"The apprenticeship has enabled me to gain experience in a variety of legal work, see what lawyers and other legal professionals do, and know what it's like to work for a magic circle law firm."

Chloe Storey
Supervisory Paralegal

"The most rewarding part of the apprentice programme was being able to work on large, newsworthy matters for our big clients."

Daniel Maddison
Supervisory Paralegal

"One of the main reasons I see a long term future at Clifford Chance is due to the opportunities for personal growth at the firm."

Meg Herring
Supervisory Paralegal

"Always try and think of ways you can improve. If you ever receive feedback or guidance use it for future workstreams or projects"

Rhys Redpath
Paralegal

"My expectation was that it would be a chaos, demanding and daunting working environment within a law firm however, it is the complete opposite which was very pleasant when starting my first ever job."