BPP and Aspiring Solicitors team up to launch new diversity scholarships

BPP University Law School and Aspiring Solicitors have begun working together to provide new scholarships for Aspiring Solicitors members looking to practise in the public, pro bono, voluntary or charities sectors.

Aspiring Solicitors – LawCareers.Net’s diversity partner – works to increase the legal profession’s inclusion of underrepresented groups, including black and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBT+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and candidates from less-privileged backgrounds, through recruitment-focused training, careers support and providing access to legal work experience. Its new partnership with BPP will provide scholarships exclusively for Aspiring Solicitors members to further the cause of creating a diverse and socially mobile legal profession. In addition to the scholarships, BPP and Aspiring Solicitors will run 17 different ‘HeadStart’ workshops for Aspiring Solicitors members over the next academic year, aimed at helping students to prepare for vacation schemes (March/April), apply for training contracts (June/July) and apply for vacation schemes (September).

Chris White, a former corporate solicitor and founder of Aspiring Solicitors, said: “Aspiring Solicitors is looking forward to working closely with BPP to deliver a unique, co-ordinated and strategic offering to aspiring solicitors through our HeadStart programme, our BPP scholarships and other events. It is great that BPP shares our primary objective of increasing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and we look forward to increasing this with their support.”

Learn more about the scholarship and workshop opportunities here.