Clifford Chance

Careers

Where bright
minds meet

London Early Talent

We are committed to delivering equitable career experiences and working with our people to meet the challenges of the high-performance world of corporate law.

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"Our aim is to guide you through all aspects of our application process. We will work with you to provide individual support, where appropriate, to remove or reduce barriers for an applicant or employee with a disability and/or long-term health condition to ensure everyone has access to the same opportunities.  So if you're thinking of applying, please don't hesitate to reach out to us." Zoe Jenkins, Early Talent Senior Acquisition Specialist

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Application process

Diversity, equity and inclusion is at the heart of our culture.
We will consider and make reasonable adjustments, where appropriate, within our application process to ensure you have equal access to opportunities. We understand that there’s not a “one size fits all” approach to adjustments and it can be difficult to share your lived experience – whether that's around a visible or non-visible disability, neurodiversity, a long-term health condition or injury. However, it is helpful for you to share your lived experience so we can discuss reasonable adjustment needs. Any conversations we have will be treated confidentially.
 

Values of the firm

Clifford Chance believes in equality of opportunity. We recognise the diversity of perspective that people with different life experiences can bring to our firm – and that it can only makes us stronger and better at what we do.

Find out more about Clifford Chance's inclusion strategy, Code of Conduct and our work to drive disability inclusion.
 

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Enable

Enable is our affinity network that is run by our colleagues. The network seeks to provide a safe, inclusive and open environment for all so they can share their lived experience at Clifford Chance. To find out more or to contact Enable, you can email the Global Inclusion Team

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Wellbeing and mental health

We realise that working in a law firm can be demanding. To ensure that everyone at Clifford Chance has the opportunity to thrive, our wellbeing approach focuses on building healthy ways of working into the fabric of our firm. We offer a wide range of support to colleagues through a network of Mental Health Champions and our confidential Life, Work and Wellbeing service that's available 24/7. Find out more about the Clifford Chance wellbeing strategy.

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  • We were recognised with a Bronze Award, in Mind’s second annual Workplace Wellbeing Index, as commendation for the firm's commitment to achieving change within its workplace.
  • We have signed up to The Valuable 500, a global business to business initiative, that strives to put disability inclusion on the global business leadership agenda.
  • We are members of PurpleSpace, the world’s only networking and professional development hub for disabled employees, network and resource group leaders and allies from all sectors and trades.

Disability Confident Employer

Clifford Chance is committed to driving disability inclusion and providing reasonable adjustments to enable individuals within our firm to thrive. We are certified as a Disability Confident Employer, Level 2 of the UK Government National Scheme. We continue to focus on how we can effectively recruit, attract and retain talent within our organisation, and we aim to challenge attitudes and increase understanding of disability in the legal sector and beyond.

Our Progress

We know there is still a long way to go but there has been progress across the firm. We are:

  • A founding partner of the Global Business Collaboration for Better Workplace Mental Health – a business-led coalition of global organisations and business leaders who are committed to advancing mental health awareness and best practices in the workplace.
  • Members of Disability:IN that provides expertise to the firm and our colleagues.
  • Recognised with a Bronze Award, in Mind’s second annual Workplace Wellbeing Index, as commendation for the firm's commitment to achieving change within its workplace.
  • Signatories to The Valuable 500, a global business-to-business initiative, that strives to put disability inclusion on the global business leadership agenda.
  • Members of PurpleSpace, the world’s only networking and professional development hub for disabled employees, network and resource group leaders and allies from all sectors and trades.
  • Working alongside MyPlus students club, an organisation that works with students and graduates with disabilities to land their dream job.
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