We aim to better enable social mobility through our attraction, recruitment and retention, so that people from a wide range of socio economic backgrounds have an equal opportunity to succeed and realise their potential.
Here’s just some of what we have done recently:
- We become an Employer Partner with the Social Mobility Foundation –a charity which aims to make a practical improvement in social mobility for young people. Highlights of our partnership included:
- Taking part in the mentoring scheme under the Aspiring Professionals Programme.
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Supporting individual students through the Recruitment Success Service.
- Offering assistance through the Personal Statement Checking Service.
- Welcoming four students for a week’s work experience to learn more about a career in law.
- Removing the academic barrier to entry for our training contract applications.
- We partnered with the OU run training and education programmes for student lawyers who are looking for a change of career and can bring a wealth of experience and insight.
- We set up a Business Services & Social Mobility group and are looking to host an Open Day for Business Services in 2023