Clifford Chance introduces Academy Development Centre
“a development programme helping senior associates to cultivate the business and commercial skills required for partnership in an elite firm”
All important personal development for potential partners.
The magic circle firm has introduced an new training scheme for associates of around five to six years PQE. This is in addition to its Senior Associate Induction Course.
CC: The ADC is a two-day programme involving a series of exercises designed to develop associates’ skills across three principal areas: business, clients and people. The programme finishes with an hour-long individual feedback session where a personal development plan is formulated.
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The programmes ensure that at an early stage lawyers invest their time not only in developing their technical expertise, but also in building the more general skills which are necessary to deliver commercially minded advice, manage their work and transactions efficiently and develop meaningful client relationships.









