About this event

19 September 2024
1:15pm - 5:30pm

Aspiring Solicitors and Clyde & Co are pleased to be delivering AS Social Mobility virtually on 19 September 2024. This virtual 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 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

13:15 – 13:30pm: Virtual arrival for AS members
13:30 – 13:45pm: AS and Clyde & Co introductory speeches
13:45 – 14:30pm: Navigating the Application Process Panel
14:30 – 14:45pm: Break
14:45 – 15:30pm: Senior Panel
15:30 – 16:00pm: Clyde & Co Session
16:00 – 16:30pm: Virtual Networking
16:30 – 16:45pm: Break
16:45 – 17:15pm: Session 4: Success Stories
17:15 – 17:30pm: AS and Clyde & Co closing speeches

Eligibility

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; 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
  • spent more than 3 months in local authority care

Further Information

This event will be held virtually.

Please note, a second AS Social Mobility event is being delivered by Mayer Brown this October. You can apply to attend both, but you may only be able to attend one due to demand.

Sign up deadline

Once applications open, the deadline to apply will be 4pm on Tuesday 3 September 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.