Opening doors, changing lives: scholarships for the solicitors of tomorrow
Please note that applications to the Diversity Access Scheme 2018 are now closed. Please check the website again in early 2019 for details of the next application period.
Applications to the Diversity Access Scheme are subject to eligibility criteria. Please check to see whether you are eligible to apply.
What is the DAS?
The Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme is a scholarship with a difference. It provides awardees with:
Finance
Funding for up to the full cost of your LPC fees.
Professional contacts
A professional mentor to help answer your questions about starting a career in law.
Opportunities to gain work experience
Work experience placements, brokered through the Law Society.
Already the DAS has helped over 180 students complete their professional education. If you don't have the financial means to pay for your LPC, the DAS might be able to help.
Email diversityaccessscheme@lawsociety.org.uk
Who should apply for the DAS?
Eligibility criteria for the DAS can be found at the top of this page. Please read this criteria carefully to see whether you are eligible to apply.
DAS Alumni
Previous alumni have experienced time in local authority care, resisted coercion into arranged marriage, escaped oppressive regimes and battled for access to university with severe physical disabilities.
Other alumni have not had to face these sorts of extraordinary challenges but have faced financial and social hardship growing up in households where there was very little money and support to enable them to pursue their studies.
Whatever their obstacles, all have shown tenacity and commitment to furthering their career and the academic skills to become solicitors.
In the video below, Diversity Access Scheme alumni, Richele Bridge, shares her experience of how the Law Society supported her to pursue a career in law.