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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit and need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Various benefits
Scholarship coverage
- other
Description
Aspiring Solicitors has helped over 4,500 individuals secure vacation schemes and training contracts in the legal profession since 2014 but it has been unable to provide financial assistance to its members. The Legal Social Mobility Fund enters this space to make a meaningful difference to all aspiring solicitors (whether members of Aspiring Solicitors, or not) requiring additional financial assistance to enter the legal profession.
A career in the legal profession is often seen as an impossible dream by those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, no matter how strong their drive, dedication, and positivity.
Typically, their only route into the legal profession is expensive and requires significant financial investment that is not available to everybody.
Benefits
You can apply for one of the following grants:
Clothing for a legal profession event / placement scheme / mentoring scheme
Laptop (please note this will be a Windows laptop)
Study resources (e.g. textbooks or online subscription)
Travel warrant (for travel to a legal profession event / placement)
SQE support (further details provided below)
Please note they only accept one grant item request per application.
Eligibility
To qualify for financial support from the Legal Social Mobility Fund, you must:
- Be resident in the United Kingdom;
- Be planning a career as a solicitor in the United Kingdom;
- Be 18 years + on the day of your application;
- Be currently on, have a place confirmed at, or completed a part time or full time undergraduate or postgraduate course;
- Be able to demonstrate a firm commitment to pursuing a career as a solicitor; and
- Successfully provide an academic or professional reference, as further detailed below in the ‘References’ section.
The following criteria will also be considered:
- Educational background and attainment
- Family educational and economic background
- Parental occupation at the age of 14 years old
- Previous receipt of scholarship or bursary because of your family income or social mobility status
- Eligibility for free school meals
- Time spent in local authority care (current or past)
- Is / previously has been a refugee or asylum seeker
- Previous paid employment whilst studying/evidence of financial efforts to support study
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Law
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
British
Study experience required
High school
Age
Over 18
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Please note it is not possible to start and then return to an incomplete application. They advise that you read all the guidance on this page before starting your online form.
They take data security extremely seriously, so they use enhanced protection throughout the application process.
Applications will be reviewed by our trustees at monthly meetings so expect to receive news on your application up to 45 days after submitting. Any delay in receiving your reference may lead to delays or your application being rejected. They do their best to get back to you before this time frame, but please submit an application in plenty of time if your grant request is time sensitive.