What will I get from the Clifford Chance Academy?

THE SKILLS TO SUCCEED AT CLIFFORD

CHANCE

Matthew Layton, Global Managing Partner

We aim to be the global law firm of choice for the

world’s leading businesses of today and tomorrow. Central to reaching this goal is our people and

continuously developing our capabilities.

THE CLIFFORD CHANCE ACADEMY A GLOBAL APPROACH TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

The Clifford Chance Academy provides you with world-class learning opportunities for both lawyers and business services staff in all of our offices. The partners and senior lawyers in the firm, plus external experts, deliver courses on local, regional and global issues to help you to broaden not only your legal or business understanding but your cultural awareness and international perspective.

Never stop learning:Targeted curricula have been carefully designed for lawyers and business services staff that map to the career opportunities available at Clifford Chance. Throughout your career, you’ll learn in the classroom (both traditional and virtual), on the job, and online/on-the-move with our extensive array of interactive eLearning courses and knowledge-sharing videos. There are significant and exciting opportunities to access learning solutions and content through various technology channels.

Global reach:In July 2015, we launched a new branch of the Clifford Chance Academy in our Singapore office. The decision by the firm to locate a legal/technical hub in Singapore was made after careful consideration of its position as a rapidly growing and dynamic legal centre in the region.

We will be the global law firm of choice for the world’s

leading businesses of todayand tomorow

OUR VISION

OUR STRATEGY

THE CLIFFORD CHANCE ACADEMY OUR LEARNING PHILOSOPHY

The vast majority of individual learning comes from being actively involved in stretching work. The Academy has put in place various structures to help you to think about and to find relevant activities. Opportunities to gain practical experience in new areas of law and legal products, different market places, involvement in business development and/or knowledge management projects are all examples of stretching activities which can be underpinned by high-quality mentoring or coaching as well as traditional and online content.

We provide the opportunities, but your development will always be your own responsibility. The best approach to career success is to work continually to strengthen your technical, commercial and business skills. We look forward to working with you.

TECH AcademyClifford Chance’s TECH Academy provides a combination of online resources and a global programme of face to face workshops. As well as training programmes and webinars, TECH Academy contains short summaries of key technologies and trends, videos, a glossary of useful terms and links to Coding courses. The Firm has deliberately integrated TECH into its core Academy offering to ensure an effective and consistent TECH experience globally.

70:20:10 LEARNING MODEL

ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE

70%

MENTORING AND COACHING

20%

10%

CLASSROOM, COURSES AND READING

ON THE JOB EXPERIENCE

MENTORING AND COACHING

CLASSROOM, COURSES AND READING

THE CLIFFORD CHANCE ACADEMY WHAT OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY

“I found the Leadership training very helpful, especially the one-on-one session. The training encourages associates to be active in the success of the Firm – for example, the trainer helped me formulate stronger plans for the Asian and Pacific Islanders subcommittee of the Diversity Committee.” LAWYER, NEW YORK, LEADERSHIP SKILLS COURSE

“Very relevant and useful, especially in my corporate career. Full of content, well prepared and organised. The trainer had many examples and was open to hard questions.” LAWYER, WARSAW, MANAGING MATTERS AND PEOPLE COURSE

“The course is both interesting and condensed. Packed with practical accounting principles but delivered in a lively and easy to understand way.” LAWYER, HONG KONG, FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING COURSE

“Excellent – just the right level of challenge. This came at the right time for me and will be a good point at which to reflect and plan.” LAWYER, LONDON, BUILDING PERSONAL PROFILE COURSE

“Spending time assessing and discussing the variables of business planning, business management and strategic analysis are invaluable and illuminating with fellow directors on their approaches to strategy and implementation.” BUSINESS SERVICES DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME COURSE

“Powerful examples (videos, blindfold game) to drive home the learning points about communication objectives and process.” BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER, MAKING MEETINGS MATTER COURSE

TECH Academy“My prior knowledge of Blockchain was less than sketchy and the trainer’s pacing and informal style made it so much easier to grasp the concept. I can now have a credible conversation about Blockchain!”LONDON, DIGITAL AWARENESS COURSE

“I think it was a useful background to concepts and understanding the possibility of computing such as AI. It provided the most helpful explanation of blockchain of a number of talks and presentations I’ve attended.”LONDON, DIGITAL AWARENESS COURSE

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