Pathways students aim high
updated on 08 July 2011
Statistics in a recently published annual report show that The College of Law's Pathways to Law scheme has actively helped young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain places at leading universities.
The stats show that 47% of the first cohort of Pathways to Law participants was admitted to a Russell Group or 1994 Group university, compared with 41% of those in a "comparator" group comprised of students with similar social and academic profiles. The report also shows that the scheme substantially raised participants' academic ambitions with 85% applying to Russell Group universities, compared with just 61% of the other group.
Since its inception nearly 1,250 A level students have been involved in the scheme. Students attend lectures, seminars and advice sessions held by partner universities and at regional centres of CoL. Students also have a short placement in a law firm, attend a national conference at the University of Warwick and are assigned a current university law student as a mentor.
In 2010 the University of Bristol and UCL joined the existing five universities - Leeds, LSE, Manchester, Southampton and Warwick - to deliver the programme. The firms that are involved are Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper UK, Eversheds, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells International, Linklaters, Mayer Brown International and Simmons & Simmons.
For more details on the scheme and how to apply, click here.
