Andrew King Scholarship

The successful Andrew King Scholar will receive £3,000 at the start of every academic year for the duration of their undergraduate degree.

Throughout their time at university, the Andrew King Scholar will have two Travers Smith mentors; one from the Early Careers team, for any application and process advice, and one Associate. They will have multiple touch points across each year with both mentors.

In Year 1 of their degree, they will be invited to complete paid work experience over the Summer, to be supervised by their Associate 'mentor'. In Year 2, we would guarantee them a space on our Summer Vacation Scheme. The Early Careers team will provide advice prior to the Scheme and the offer of a conversation with a future trainee about how to best prepare for the Scheme. Throughout Year 3, we would maintain a structured programme of touchpoints to ensure continued engagement.

The Andrew King Scholarship is open to UK residents in Year 13 who are applying / have applied to study any degree at a UK university, with a view to pursuing a career in law. Our minimum academic criteria is 6 x 7s at GSCE (including Maths and English) and AAB at a-level, however we take into account contextual information and mitigating circumstances.

The contextual information for an application is provided via Rare Recruitments Contextual Recruitment System (or CRS). This CRS highlights candidates to us who have achieved impressive results taking into account certain disadvantages they may have faced. 

To support this, at least two of the following must apply to you:

• You will be the first generation of your family to go to university;
• You are a carer or have caring responsibilities;
• You have spent time in care;
• You are eligible for free school meals (even if you do not claim them);
• You attend a state funded, non-fee-paying school/college or attend a fee-paying school on a 100% means-tested bursary;
• You take on part-time work during school/university term time;
• You attend a school in the bottom 40% nationally;
• Your main household earner occupation is categorised as a routine or manual occupation; or
• You are a refugee/asylum seeker.

This information will be collected via Candid and the Rare CRS (contextual recruitment system), and therefore candidates will need to complete all contextual information questions on the application form in order to be eligible. 

The application process begins with an online application form where you will provide personal details and answer three written questions concerning your interest in the Scholarship and a career in Law. Following success at this initial stage, you will be invited to a short screening call with a member of the Early Careers team.

The in-person Scholarship Application Day is the final stage of the application process. Here, you will be invited into the office for a day where you will gain valuable experience and insight into commercial law. You will also complete a written exercise and an interview with a member of the Early Careers team and one of our Partners/Senior Counsel.