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Social mobility scheme for law extends to GCSE students
13 May 2016
Monidipa Fouzder reported on the Pathways to Law expansion for the Law Society Gazette
A pioneering initiative to improve social mobility in the law will be widened to support GCSE students, following a £1m cash injection by the profession.
The Sutton Trust has announced that its Pathways to Law programme will now provide support to students in school years 10 and 11, and throughout sixth form. It currently supports students in years 12 and 13.
Research by the trust suggests that three-quarters of senior judges and QCs were independently schooled.
Legal Education Foundation chief executive Matthew Smerdon said: ‘By reaching students at an earlier stage, we hope to encourage more bright young people from poorer homes [to recognise] that a career in law is open to them.’
Read her full report here
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