Law Scholarships
Benefit from financial support (£2500 per year) during your university studies, plus mentoring and paid work experience.
Benefit from financial support (£2500 per year) during your university studies, plus mentoring and paid work experience.
Scholarship, mentoring and work experience throughout your time at university
Applications will open on the 24th April 2024
We believe that a career in law should be open to everyone. Since 2012, we’ve helped some of the brightest and most creative legal minds launch their career. The Law Scholarship scheme provides financial assistance, mentoring, guidance throughout the UCAS application process, sustained support throughout undergraduate studies and valuable paid work experience.
We are proud that CMS Law Scholarship winners have gone on to study at some of the UK’s most prestigious universities and have secured training contracts at some of the world’s largest law firms, including CMS.
We run two Law Scholarship programmes: the England, Wales and Northern Ireland programme and the Scotland programme. The two programmes are incredibly similar, however it is important that you apply to the programme that reflects your current location.
Applications will open on the 24th April 2024. To register your interest for future opportunities please click here.
Win a Scholarship and, to give you a head start in your law career, we’ll provide you with the following.
(Mentoring, paid work experience, fast track to assessment days and ongoing support are offered to everyone who is invited to an assessment day, regardless of whether they win a Scholarship or not.)
Up to 10 individuals will receive £2500 per year for each year of their degree
Support from one of our lawyers with your UCAS application and the LNAT examination if you are planning on taking this, and a trainee buddy to give more informal support with starting your career in law
The opportunity to complete a bespoke work experience programme in your first year of university – and be paid £450 to do so!
Many participants on this programme are fast-tracked to future Emerging Talent programmes and assessment centres for our Training Contract
From budgeting workshops to graduation celebrations, you can expect our support and guidance throughout your undergraduate studies and beyond
You must meet all the following criteria to be eligible;
*The scheme is also open to any S6 students in Scotland who do not yet have a place at university confirmed
You also meet one of the following criteria:
ⓘ Check your postcode for eligibility. If you are unsure about your eligibility or would like more information, please contact us at Law.Scholarship@cms-cmno.com
Interested in applying? Here’s an outline of the different stages involved.
We’ll ask you to write an essay of 750 – 1000 words on a choice of two topics, and complete an application form telling us more about you, what winning a scholarship would mean, and why you’re interested in a career in law. Previous questions have included:
You will also be asked to complete two motivational questions. These are:
Each answer to the motivational questions should be 200 words long. You should also remember to:
Consists of an interview and group exercise. During the day you’ll also have the chance to talk to our trainees about life at CMS and meet your mentor. If necessary, we’ll offer financial support (and accommodation) to enable you to attend. Further details can be found in our FAQs.
We run two Law Scholarship programmes: the England, Wales and Northern Ireland programme and the Scotland programme. The two programmes are incredibly similar, however it is important that you apply to the programme that reflects your current location. Please note that the programmes have different deadlines.
24 April 2024 |
Applications open (all locations) |
2 May 2024 |
Launch and Learn webinar |
19 June 2024 |
Applications close (Scotland) |
12 July 2024 |
Applications close (England, Wales and NI) |
Take a look at our FAQs page