Bristol Training Contract IFPD 2023

Bristol, Gloucestershire
Clyde & Co LLP
About the firm

Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.

Our Values

Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and our firm. We:

• Work as one We are a globally connected team of talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
• Excel with clients We aim high and challenge ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them at the centre of everything we do
• Celebrate difference We help each other to be at our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
• Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our development and contributes to growth

What is Insurance, Financial & Professional Disputes (National PI)?

Our National PI business line co-ordinates our insurer-led professional liability work across our UK offices. We defend claims against the full range of non-medical professionals: our expertise includes the traditional professions (solicitors, accountants and other financial professionals, insurance brokers, surveyors and construction professionals) as well as the non-traditional and emerging professions (such as recruitment agents, estate agents, IT consultants, media companies and patent attorneys). Members of our team also provide professional indemnity coverage advice to insurers, including in relation to sensitive issues such as dishonesty.

The ability to build and maintain strong client relationships is key to our success: our lawyers are “market people”, and we offer them a wide range of business development opportunities including secondments to major insurers.

What does the job involve?

• Research into specific legal issues, case law and the CPR
• Reviewing documents received from clients to undertake preliminary liability and quantum analysis of a new claim
• Preparing bundles for trial/arbitration/mediation/disciplinary hearings
• Document reviews for disclosure in litigation or compliance with SRA/FRC production notices
• Instructing and liaising with counsel and their clerks
• Instructing and liaising with expert witnesses
• Drafting letters, reports and other documents (eg witness statements)
• Attending client meetings and court hearings
• Assisting with the preparation of articles and seminars
• Reviewing and interpreting PI insurance policies

About the programme

The route to qualification in this role will be the SQE. The SQE provides a real opportunity for us to reimagine and reframe how training and development is delivered for our Early Careers populations and for us to provide more innovative and tailored training programmes to suit our business.

What we are looking for

• We are looking for those who are interested in projects and construction law and committed to a career as a solicitor at Clyde & Co as well as the following:
• You will need to have, by the start date in September 2023, a law degree or a non-law degree plus the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL).
• You will be expected to have AAB at A-level and a 2:1 degree, although we will take into account mitigating circumstances using the Rare contextualised recruitment system.
• We are currently recruiting graduates, who have either a degree in law or a non-law degree plus a Graduate Diploma in law, but who have not undertaken the LPC to work for Clyde & Co’s Bristol IFPD team.

What we offer

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package as a newly qualified solicitor. You will also be entitled to a range of rewards and benefits:

• Private medical
• Pension scheme
• Group income protection
• Maternity and paternity pay
• Holiday purchase
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym subsidy

We’ll make sure you have plenty of support throughout your programme – alongside having support from your dedicated supervisor, University of Law skills coach and tutor, you will also have regular one to one session with the early careers team and will be allocated a mentor from one of our newly qualified lawyers, enabling you to get peer-to-peer support and guidance. You can also look forward to a tailored induction programme and on-going internal training designed to ensure you have the skills, knowledge, and commercial acumen you need to become a well-rounded solicitor.

The application processes

We are looking for applicants with the motivation to join our firm and potential to be successful in the role throughout our process. The application process varies slightly from programme to programme, but this is what you’ll need to do for this opportunity:

• Explore the programme specific information to understand which opportunity is the right one for you.
• You’ll need to make your application online via our online application system.
• You will need to make your application online via our online application system. Application deadline is the 20th February 2023.
• You will then be invited to complete our digital immersive assessment which simulates a realistic preview of the role of a trainee solicitor. It looks to assess specific strengths and skills required in the role and asks you to complete a series of motivational and strengths-based questions though video interviews.
• Following this, if successful we will be in contact to invite you to our assessment day which will consist of a Group Exercise, Role Play, Written Exercise and Interview.

For more information, hints and tips please view our careers website.