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There is a growing movement in the legal profession to create a more diverse workforce, with ever more diversity initiatives and access schemes springing up. Below is a list of several schemes, but it is by no means definitive – if you’re aware of a scheme that isn’t listed, please email us at [email protected].

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#10000BlackInterns
#10000BlackInterns aims to transform the "horizons of young Black talent with paid internships across 25+ sectors".
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10000 Able Interns
10000 Able Interns aims to connect young disabled talent with paid internships, training and development. 
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The 93% Club
The 93% Club is a members' club that started as a Facebook group in 2016 and now exists to "dismantle the class inequality that exists in Britain today through the power of community". 
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Access Aspiration
Access Aspiration aims to create greater visibility of career pathways for 16 to 18-year-olds from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds who are finding it difficult to connect with employers.
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The Access Project
The Access Project supports disadvantaged students to get into top universities. 
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ACS in the City
ACS in the City is an enlightenment project for Black African and Caribbean students interested in starting their professional careers with some of the world's leading employers.
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Aspiring Solicitors
Aspiring Solicitors is committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession by, among other things, providing free access, opportunity and assistance to students from underrepresented groups, and promoting and encouraging diversity from within the profession.
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BITC
Business in the Community is the oldest and largest business-led membership organisation dedicated to responsible business.
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Black Solicitors Network
This is the primary representative body in England and Wales for Black solicitors; its focus is the equality of access, retention and promotion of Black solicitors.
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Breaking Barriers
Breaking Barriers offers education, employment and skills-building support for people from a refugee background seeking work or further study in the UK. 
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Bridging the Bar
Founded in 2020, Bridging the Bar (BTB) works to increase the equality of access to opportunities within the legal profession across all underrepresented groups.
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Brightside
Brightside, an education charity, facilitates online mentoring projects for students.
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The Brokerage
The Brokerage works with young people in London to further opportunities and access jobs in the City of London.
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City Solicitors Horizons
City Solicitors Horizons is a social mobility initiative designed to improve access to the legal profession for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Clifford Chance ACCESS
Clifford Chance ACCESS is aimed at year 12 students (or equivalent) and consists of 12 different components that are focused on specific core areas of their personal and professional development.
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Diversity Access Scheme - Law Society
Founded in 2004, the Diversity Access Scheme is a scholarship programme that supports talented aspiring lawyers who face barriers to becoming a solicitor.
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GROW Mentoring
GROW Mentoring supports students from all backgrounds to help reduce barriers to the legal profession through mentorship and community.
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Halo Code
The Halo Code aims to protect "employees who come to work with natural hair and protective hairstyles associated with their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities". 
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Helena Kennedy Foundation
Founded by Dr Ann Limb in 1998, the organisation was set up following Baroness Kennedy KC’s Learning Works report, which identified a significant number of adults who lacked formal qualifications.
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InterLaw Diversity Forum
The InterLaw Diversity Forum works to foster inclusion for diverse talent working in the legal sector and 'level the playing field' in order to create environments where the best talent can succeed.
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IntoUniversity
IntoUniversity operates 35 learning centres in 18 UK towns and cities with plans to expand to 41 centres by 2024.
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Law Answered
Law Answered is a small business producing study notes and revision guides for the Graduate Diploma in Law, Legal Practice Course, Solicitors Qualifying Exam and LLB students. 
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Lawyers in Schools
Lawyers in Schools offers an opportunity for law firm employees to volunteer in the classroom: sharing knowledge and understanding on a variety of legal issues.
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Pathways to Law
Pathways to Law is an initiative for state school students who are interested in a legal career and will be first-generation attendees at university. 
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PRIME
Founded in 2011, PRIME now has 61 firms involved, 27 partner organisations and has given out more than 12,000 weeks of work experience.
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Rare Recruitment
Rare connects exceptional people from underrepresented backgrounds with careers in top organisations and provides cutting-edge data services that help clients make better hiring decisions.
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SEO London
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity offers high-quality educational, training and mentoring support to young people from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. 
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Shaw Trust
The Shaw Trust provides employment services for disabled and disadvantaged people.
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Social Mobility Foundation
An ambitiously broad, innovative charity, the Social Mobility Foundation, seeks to support high-achieving A-level students from low-income backgrounds to reach top universities and high-status professions. 
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Speakers for Schools
Speakers for Schools aims to end educational inequality by providing talks and work experience programmes to link state school students with influential figures and industry-leading companies.
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Sutton Trust
The Sutton Trust is the leading organisation in the social mobility space in the UK, funding educational opportunities for children and young people from non-privileged backgrounds with the aim to improve access to high-quality education and employment opportunities.
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The Switch
The Switch was founded 30 years ago in Tower Hamlets, London and is committed to helping children and young people meet their potential. 
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upReach
upReach is a multi-award-winning charity that provides one-to-one career coaching to ambitious students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, helping you to discover different career options, develop your employability skills and secure work experience at top companies across the UK!
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Uptree
Uptree works to connect young people and employers, and provides free careers education and work experience opportunities. 
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Warwick University Multicultural Scholars Programme
The programme aims to support students from ethnic minorities throughout their legal studies at the University of Warwick and, in turn, increase diversity within the legal profession. 
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WCAN: the Black Women's Network
WCAN is dedicated to the personal and professional development of Black women. 
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Windsor Fellowship
The Windsor Fellowship emerged as a product of the Windsor Conference in 1984, which was hosted following the race riots of the preceding years.
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Young Citizens
Young Citizens equips children and young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to make a positive difference to the society in which they live.
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