Our Culture

At Clifford Chance we see inclusion as a core value of the firm and also of the law. To be the global law firm of choice in this area we need to be the leaders in this area, so our global strategy focusses on three pillars: In our firm, With our clients, and In the world. We believe that if you have a commitment to inclusion you must be prepared to use your skills and influence to champion, campaign and work to deliver on your values. Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience.
We have a number of flourishing employee networks and a mental health advocate initiative championed by senior leaders, which help to engage our colleagues in diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing.

We are excited to announce the Clifford Chance Scholarship for Diverse Students in Europe, as part of our REACH (i.e. advancing Race Equality And Celebrating Heritage) diversity and inclusion initiative across the Continental European region.

The Scholarship is specifically targeting university students with a diverse cultural or social economic background, currently in their final years of law studies in Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, graduating between 2023 and 2026, majoring in business law and interested in pursuing a career in an international law firm. While not a requirement, Clifford Chance is particularly keen to hear from applicants who are first-generation university students.

By this initiative, we wish to support talented university students with diverse cultural or social economic backgrounds to succeed in their studies and early careers. Ultimately, we aim to improve social mobility within the legal sector, to ensure that our workforce better represents the social and economic diversity across Continental Europe and to increase inclusion in our law firm and in the legal sector in general.