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SRC-221: clearygottlieb.com

Official page published by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, retrieved 16 September 2026 and coded into 7 governed signals.

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Publisher domain
clearygottlieb.com
Retrieved
Retrieval method
Official first-party page, full Chrome render; passage located as literal normalised substring
Source grade
A: official primary institutional page
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (source-evidence-supplement-29-2026-09-16.csv)
Signals supported
7

Scope notes

  • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP official surface; final URL https://www.clearygottlieb.com/locations/london/legal-landing-page/vacation-schemes; text SHA-256 d751bc3a389adb9d509c92474835caa99502dc918c003967b89a49ca0d284447

LimitA source record shows what the official page said on the retrieval date. Institutions change their pages; the retrieval date is part of the evidence.

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SIG-459 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states candidates are normally expected to be on course for a high 2.1 or better from a leading university.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceWe normally expect candidates to be on course to attain a high 2.1 degree or better from a leading university

London · London vacation schemes · University grade requirement · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-460 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states trainees are recruited exclusively through two-week vacation schemes.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceWe recruit our trainees exclusively through our two-week vacation schemes

London · London training contracts · Conversion route · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-461 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page refers to candidates having achieved at least AAA at A-level or the equivalent.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceachieved at least AAA at A-Level or the equivalent

London · London vacation schemes · School-level grades · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-462 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states successful applicants first complete the Watson Glaser test.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceSuccessful applicants will first complete the Watson Glaser test

London · London vacation schemes · Selection stages · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-463 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states those who progress are invited to an online interview with a training principal.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceThose who progress will be invited to an online interview with one of our training principals

London · London vacation schemes · Selection stages · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-464 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states applications for all schemes open on 21 September 2026.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceApplications for all vacation scheme schemes will open on 21 September 2026

London · London vacation schemes · Application timing and deadlines · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

SIG-465 Official source Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb's current official London Vacation Schemes page states it uses Rare's Contextual Recruitment System.

Evidence passage recorded against the sourceWe are proud to be using Rare Recruitment's Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) which allows us to consider your achievements in the context in which they were gained

London · London vacation schemes · University access · Observed 16 September 2026 · Verified 16 Sep 2026 · Source SRC-221 (clearygottlieb.com) · source record

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Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), source record SRC-221, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/sources/SRC-221/

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