Applying

The selection process - self-funded and free places

There are 250 in the Conference. 100 of these are self-funded, so students will have to pay a fee to participate (if selected). We are working hard to ensure the fee is as subsidised as possible. We will be able to provide more information shortly but it will not be higher than £250.

The other 150 places are free, so participants will not have to pay a fee. We are very grateful to our Access and Widening Participation Partner law firms and chambers for enabling us to provide these free places.

Applicants qualifying for free places must meet at least one of our widening participation criteria, which include but are not limited to:

Attending a maintained school

Care experienced

Having been eligible for Free School Meals at any point during the last six years

Live in area of low progression to higher education (POLAR4 - quintiles 1 & 2)

Live in area of high deprivation (IMD - quintiles 1 & 2)

Attend a low-performing Sixth Form

Attend/attended a low-performing GCSE school

Are from an ethnic or religious minority background (ERM)

Are from any background or region of the UK which is under-represented at the University of Cambridge

Are, or have been, an asylum seeker or refugee

In addition, we also take into account any personal circumstances that might have affected an applicant's academic development; widening-participation is not just about working with students who solely meet the above criteria but about helping all disadvantaged students make a strong application.

In your application form, you will have to specify the type of place you are applying for (self-funded or free). We will then create two distinct pools of applicants and assess them separately. For both categories, we will select participants taking into account the University and Faculty Widening Participation criteria as well as interest and motivation showcased for the subject. This will ensure that we provide places to those who would benefit most from the event, while prioritising students who have faced educational or personal disadvantage.

Any questions regarding eligibility should be directed to Maria, the Faculty Outreach Coordinator, at outreach@law.cam.ac.uk.