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for a range of scholarships, including the Bar course and GDL. The Inn usually offers 80 to 100 scholarships per year for those on the Bar course and will be providing a total pot of £1,834,429 for the Bar course scholarships. These vary in value and will be based on financial need. For those on the GDL, a number of scholarships are available, of values up to £10,000. In 2023, Inner Temple intends to offer £200,500 in GDL scholarships. A small number of pupillage awards are available, as well as small disability and internship awards. The Inn has a scholarships and students manager, Georgina Everatt (geveratt@innertemple.org.uk), and its website (www.innertemple.org.uk) has all the info you need to apply online. Middle Temple In 2022 Middle Temple awarded scholarships worth approximately £1.22 million, with more than £1.1 million of that going to Bar course students and most of the rest to GDL students. While the awarding of scholarships is based purely on merit, the sizes of the awards are based on the applicant’s financial circumstances. The Inn also has an Emergency Assistance Scheme for pupils and students who experience severe, unforeseen financial difficulties and for pupils who are on low awards in publicly funded areas of law. The website (www.middletemple.org.uk) tells you a lot about the different scholarship schemes. Scholarships are part of the education department within the Inn’s Treasury and Christa Richmond is the director of education. Contact the scholarships officer Madeleine Cirdei (m.cirdei@middletemple.org.uk) with questions. Gray’s Inn Although Gray’s Inn is the smallest of the four Inns, it awards in excess of £1.3 million in scholarships and prizes each year. It offers 75 to 85 Bar course scholarships, ranging from £5,000 to £20,000, with successful
Inn’s scholarships programme to determine which scholarship would best suit you and where you feel you would be most successful. Some Inns offer higher scholarship amounts, some offer more scholarships and some even offer accommodation. For example, the Inner Temple interviews all candidates and has more than £2 million available each year for scholarship. It’s definitely worth looking into which Inns of Court scholarship programme best suits you.” The Inns’ websites have application forms for you to complete and send to the relevant person. The forms ask for character details, legal experience, income/funds and references. You can only apply for scholarships at one Inn. If the scholarships committee likes your application, it will invite you to an interview.
Here’s a breakdown of what’s on offer.
Lincoln’s Inn Lincoln’s Inn offers 32 scholarships for non- law graduates with a total of up to £178,200 for those studying the GDL and scholarships and bursaries worth £1.8 million for those on the Bar course. Lincoln’s Inn has many awards and bursaries available. The value of each award is calculated through a means test based on the applicants’ disclosed financial resources and obligations. Students are recommended to apply for awards in the autumn term of their third year at university or the year prior to starting the GDL or Bar course. The majority of the scholarships are now applied for via the Inn’s online portal, scholarships.lincolnsinn.org.uk, but any questions about the process should be sent to the scholarships coordinator (scholarships@lincolnsinn.org.uk). Inner Temple Probably the Inn with the most accessible information, Inner Temple intends to make awards to a total value of £2 million in 2023
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