About this event
Aspiring Solicitors and Mayer Brown are pleased to be delivering AS Social Mobility on 10 October 2024. This event will allow attendees from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to build their confidence, network, and knowledge, when applying to law firms.
You will have the opportunity to meet other AS Members and hear from socially mobile legal professionals, building a sense of community with your peers and role models. Panel sessions will discuss how far the profession has come, how to overcome the obstacles faced by socially mobile candidates and measures being implemented to maintain the progress made. Speakers will also share practice advice to build your skills.
Event Agenda
14:00 – 14:15pm: AS & Mayer Brown Introductory Speeches
14:15 – 15:15pm: Navigating the Application Process Panel
15:15 – 15:25pm: Break
15:25 – 16:25pm: Senior Panel
16:25 – 17:15pm: Mayer Brown Pre-Networking Workshop
17:15 – 17:20pm: Break
17:20 – 17:50pm: Success Stories
17:50 – 18:05pm: AS & Mayer Brown Closing Speeches
18:05 – 19:00 pm: Networking and Canapés
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Please note all AS events are for those who are from an under-represented group in the legal profession and this event focuses on those who are from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. To attend this event, you must be in any year of study at undergraduate or postgraduate level or be a graduate, and want to pursue a legal career at a commercial law firm, and at least two of the following must apply to you:
- attended a non-selective state school and you are the first generation in your family to attend university.
- from a low-income family background.
- you are a refugee or asylum seeker
- you received free school meals.
- you received the higher education maintenance allowance; or
- spent more than 3 months in local authority care
Further Information
Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed (more information to follow).
Please note, a second AS Social Mobility event is being delivered virtually by Clyde & Co in September / October 2024. You can apply to attend both, but you may only be able to attend one due to demand.
Sign up deadline
The deadline to apply is Thursday 29 August 2024. However, we encourage you to get your applications in as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment if we reach capacity and close applications earlier than expected.
