Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The City Law School is firmly committed to a generous programme of scholarships awarded on the basis of academic excellence.
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.
Benefits
Up to 80 awards available to students on postgraduate and professional programmes at City Law School. The value of award varies depending on the programme of study:
- £5,000 for the suite of specialist LLM programmes
- £3,000 to £4,000 for the Bar Vocational Studies (BVS) depending on the route of study
- £3,000 for Graduate Entry LLB or Solicitor's Practice Programme (SPP)
- £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. On part time programmes do note scholarships are split across the 2 years of study (so 50% of the award is applied in year 1 and 50% in year 2)
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Students applying for the BVS or SPP must have submitted their course application by 1 May 2026 in order to apply for a scholarship. You will be invited to apply for a scholarship and will be given a specific application deadline when you are made an offer for the course. You will not be invited to apply for a scholarship if your course application is submitted after that date.
Offer holders on the GELLB, GDL and LLM programmes will not be contacted to apply for scholarship, however you are welcome to apply once you have been made an offer and before the deadlines set out 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.