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The City Law School is firmly committed to a generous programme of scholarships awarded on the basis of academic excellence.

Scholarship applications for student starting courses in September 2022 have now closed. Applications are only open for students beginning the Master of Laws programme in January 2023. We will update this page once application dates for 2023 are confirmed.

While the primary consideration for the award of a scholarship is academic excellence, The City Law School's Scholarships Committee looks carefully at the full range of qualities possessed by each individual closely considers the broader context in which the academic excellence has been achieved.

We also believe that it is important to value the potential of applicants to make a positive contribution to the School, the legal professions, and the community when we evaluate applications.

Up to 70 awards are available across the postgraduate and professional programmes involved in total and the scholarship carries different values for different programmes:

  • £5,000 for Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) courses and for the Master of Laws
  • £3,000 for Graduate Entry LLB or Legal Practice Course
  • £2,000 for Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL).

Eligibility

  • You must have an upper second or first degree (or international equivalent).
  • You must hold an offer of a place on one of the courses specified above at The City Law School. The offer can be conditional or unconditional and you do not need to have accepted your place in order to apply for a scholarship.
  • You can be of any fee paying status (Home, EU or international) and be studying full-time or part-time.

Please note, students who gain exemptions from modules on the Graduate Diploma In Law programme are not eligible for this scholarship. If you move onto the exemption version of programme the scholarship will no longer be valid.

If you are applying for the Graduate Entry LLB, the scholarship application is only available to those who hold an offer of a place on the UCAS web portal.

Eligible courses

How to apply

Offer holders on the BVS and LPC will be invited to apply for a scholarship when offers are made.

Offer holders on the GELLB and GDL programmes will not be contacted to apply for scholarship, however are welcome to apply at any point up until the deadlines outlined below.

Students should submit one application that will be considered for both the City Law School Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence.

NOTE: If a student has been awarded a City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence earlier in the year, they will be considered for an upgrade to City Law School Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence during the second round (for GDL and Master of Laws) or in June (for BVS and LPC).

Important Information for GE LLB applicants: Scholarship application is only available to those who hold an offer of a place on the GE LLB programme on the UCAS web portal.

Application deadlines

  • BVS & LPC
    • Applications for the 2022/23 academic year are now open (but remember you can only apply for a scholarship once you are made an offer). Applications are usually considered on a rolling basis. Your offer email will confirm the exact deadlines. As applications are considered on a rolling basis an early course application is encouraged. All awards are usually made by June.
  • Graduate Entry LLB
    • 8th April 2022 (First round)
    • 13th May 2022 (Second round)
  • Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
    • 25th February 2022 (First round)
    • 17th June 2022 (Second round)
  • LLM (Master of Laws)
    • 1st November 2021 (January 2022 intake only)
    • 25th February 2022 (First round)
    • 17th June 2022 (Second round)

If you applied for any of the BVS programmes or the LPC you will be invited to apply for an award when an offer is made. In your offer email you will be given the scholarship application deadline (these are rolling throughout the year); you will receive the outcome of your scholarship application before the acceptance deadline.

If you are awarded a City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence earlier in the year, you will be considered for an upgrade to City Law School Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence in June.