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<blockquote data-quote="Amy Hillier" data-source="post: 68" data-attributes="member: 18">Hi [USER=14]@FreddyS[/USER]! First and foremost it was a bit of a personal dream of mine to work for Clifford Chance so it was always going to be my first choice. As for why - the training at Clifford Chance was over and above anything provided by the American law firms that I had been looking into. While the high trainee salary at American firms in London is an obvious draw, I view the training contract as primarily developmental and a continuation of your learning process as a future qualified solicitor. People often say that if you train with a firm like Clifford Chance you will be able to qualify into another firm (including American ones) if you wish, but it's often harder the other way around - better to get a really strong foundation and springboard off that rather than enjoy an amazing salary but perhaps not the training you could get at another firm.Other motivating factors for me were - the international scope of the work, the diversity of lawyers within the firm, the firm's very real commitment to gender equality within the legal profession and the collaborative focus of the firm's business strategy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Amy Hillier, post: 68, member: 18"] Hi [USER=14]@FreddyS[/USER]! First and foremost it was a bit of a personal dream of mine to work for Clifford Chance so it was always going to be my first choice. As for why - the training at Clifford Chance was over and above anything provided by the American law firms that I had been looking into. While the high trainee salary at American firms in London is an obvious draw, I view the training contract as primarily developmental and a continuation of your learning process as a future qualified solicitor. People often say that if you train with a firm like Clifford Chance you will be able to qualify into another firm (including American ones) if you wish, but it's often harder the other way around - better to get a really strong foundation and springboard off that rather than enjoy an amazing salary but perhaps not the training you could get at another firm. Other motivating factors for me were - the international scope of the work, the diversity of lawyers within the firm, the firm's very real commitment to gender equality within the legal profession and the collaborative focus of the firm's business strategy. [/QUOTE]

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