Clifford Chance

Training

Relax, your learning is our job

We want to continue growing as a firm—and we want you to continue growing right along with us. That’s the thinking behind our renowned in-house training program. In almost every case, you can find a pre-existing document as a starting point for your assignment—whether the document is local to New York, or Washington, or Botswana, or Shanghai. The practice area training programs supplement our Clifford Chance Academy, the bulwark of your training to be a world-class lawyer.

We provide unequalled training opportunities to our associates. As you would imagine, much of what you'll learn as a lawyer is "in the moment."

Your exposure to complex and sophisticated crossborder litigation and transaction-related work guarantees enhanced knowledge, insight and confidence. Working with colleagues at the firm and high-profile clients is without a doubt an unbeatable learning experience that will enhance your ability to think your way through a range of challenges to successful conclusions.

But, while our on-the-job training is superb, we also provide regular, formal training sessions on every major aspect of transactional and litigation practice. And, in addition to these traditional programs, we offer a unique global business skills curriculum that focuses on presentation, client communication and people-management skills. At the mid and senior-associate level, our attorneys participate in off-site development centers where they create individual development plans with the assistance of partners and Human Resources professionals.

The promise is that from the first day through to partnership - if that happens to be your goal - you'll find we have created a non-stop learning environment fundamental to developing sophisticated, smart, successful, well-rounded people.