Research programme of Elite Careers StrategyGoverned signal Official source
SIG-1397: Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb London's vacation scheme says it normally expects a high 2:1 degree or better from a leading university and at least AAA at A-level or equivalent.
Observed · United Kingdom / London · Vacation schemes / trainee pathway · Academic expectations
Evidence passage recorded against the source
normally expect candidates to be on course to attain a high 2.1
LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.
Scope as recorded
- Institution
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Market
- United Kingdom / London
- Programme or route
- Vacation schemes / trainee pathway
- Category
- Academic expectations
- Observed
- Verification
- Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02
- Publication ruling
- Net-new to compared governed register; Normally expects is not an absolute exclusion rule; equivalent qualifications may be considered.
- Record status
- Active
- Corpus layer
- Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-52-2026-11-02.csv)
Official source record
https://www.clearygottlieb.com/locations/london/legal-landing-page/vacation-schemes.
SRC-501 · retrieved 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary webpage directly opened and read · source record page · supports 4 signals
- Cleary Gottlieb London grades, contextual recruitment, Watson Glaser and trainee route
LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.
Related signals
Cite this object
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-1397 Cleary Gottlieb, observed 2 November 2026, https://whogetsin.com/signals/SIG-1397
Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.
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