SS2425 Graduate Paralegal Academy Birmingham - Summer 2025
SS2425 Graduate Paralegal Academy Birmingham - Summer 2025
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Job Description
Please apply for ONE location only. Multiple applications will be rejected.
We are recruiting for the following start dates: 14th July 8th September and 22nd September 2025
We recruit on a rolling basis for the Paralegal Academy and encourage all applicants to apply as early as possible.
Please visit our website to register for our Paralegal Academy insight events.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is full of exciting opportunities to take on new challenges and realise your potential. Thrive in a team where you feel heard and you belong working with supportive collaborative and talented colleagues. Develop your experience and career with a stimulating variety of work at a firm with a portfolio of high profile global clients. Learn from some of the most respected lawyers in their field.
The Team
Its an exciting time to join our firm were on a journey of transformation that will set us up for an even brighter future. Were a fastgrowing leading global firm that works together as one to achieve our ambition.
Working closely with our Partners and experienced fee earners youll play an important role in our Casualty teams with a workload that ranges from running your own cases to assisting in complex high value claims. Covering a range of areas from Credit Hire to Catastrophic Injury youll be involved in instructing counsel and medical experts taking witness statements assessing evidence reviewing medical records attending conferences and much more.
Our Casualty teams comprise of some of the most experienced and knowledgeable practitioners in our industry all ready to lead guide and mentor you on your career journey. Youll work closely with our Partners on every aspect of the cases you support. And youll discover a genuinely inclusive workplace that not only reflects the diversity of the communities we serve but offers unique opportunities to learn from an equally diverse team of experts.
The Programme
Theres more than one path into a law career and our Paralegal Academy offers a brilliant new way to build an exciting future in our Casualty Practice. If youre fresh out of university or youre switching careers weve designed this fantastic programme to nurture you as a Paralegal and help you become part of an amazing story ours.
When you join our Paralegal Academy youll experience a fully tailored programme of development and if youre one of our top performers after 12months in role you could apply for a place on one of our internal qualification routes dependent on eligibility criteria and business requirements.
What can we offer
If you want to learn and develop your skills whilst building your career with great learning opportunities youll thrive alongside supportive talented colleagues and help us to go further.
Well make sure you have plenty of support throughout your programme. You can also look forward to ongoing internal training designed to ensure you have the skills knowledge and commercial acumen you need to become a wellrounded Paralegal.
Weve designed our Paralegal Academy to offer the very best on the job training and experience in our sector. Our Paralegal Academy Lead will be on hand to keep everything running smoothly and our Legal Training Manager will also support you with technical and structured training so you can get the skills and experience to go further than you imagine. With our 1week induction quarterly training offering and our ondemand training sessions youll find lots of support on hand.
Eligibility
The expectations and standards are high and youll be working at pace and with agility to deliver your best. If youre a selfstarter with a growth mindset here you can play a big part in a winning team.
This is a brilliant opportunity for anyone whos interested in a law career even if youve missed previous application deadlines or if law wasnt your first career choice. You dont even need experience in law whats most important is that you have a UK Bachelors degree at 2:2 or above in any subject or an equivalent qualification.
Were looking for people with excellent communication analytical and organisational skills and an ability to work well under pressure and to strict deadlines. Some knowledge of the litigation process would also be useful but its not essential.
Key requirements:
- 2:2 degree in any discipline (no law experience required)
- BBC ALevel Highers or equivalent (Mitigating circumstances will be taken into consideration)
- Grade C/4 at GCSE English Literature English Language and Maths
We use Rares contextual recruitment system to ensure fairness and equality and we review applications holistically.
The Application Process
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 youll need to do for this opportunity:
- Explore the programme specific information to understand which opportunity is the right one for you.
- Youll need to make your application online via our online application system.
- You will then be invited to complete our digital assessment which includes a variety of question types. There are cognitive assessments as well as situational judgement questions that provide realistic preview of what its like to work at Clyde & Co. It looks to assess specific strengths and skills required in the role and asks you to complete a series of motivational and strengthsbased questions through video interviews.
- Following this if successful we will be in contact to invite you to a virtual assessment centre that will consist of an analytical written task and a strengthsbased interview.
*Please be note: Some of our teams within the Casualty Practice require Paralegals to travel as part of the role therefore our application form includes a question about driving licences and vehicles. Please note that your answer does not impact the outcome of your application but is used to help assign successful candidates to teams*
When you work with us youll join a team of 5500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our drive for success our pursuit of excellence and our aim to do our best for our clients and each other have fuelled our growth for over 90 years.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients we serve.
We welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals regardless of background or identity. Let us know if you need us to make adjustments or changes to the interview process to help you best demonstrate your suitability for the role. We will do our best to accommodate your request. If you wish to discuss anything regarding the interview process please let your recruitment contact know ahead of your interview. Find out more about the interview process and examples of adjustments we can put in place.
Employment Type
Temp
