STRIVE Membership

Did you attend a non-selective UK state school for your GCSEs?

Please note, if you did NOT attend a non-selective UK state school or college, your application will not be progressed.

Yes

Did you attend a non-selective UK state school or college for your A-levels?

Please note, if you did NOT attend a non-selective UK state school or college, your application will not be progressed.

Yes

Did you achieve a minimum of BBB at A-Level (or, if you did not take English A-Levels, the equivalent)?

Yes

If you did not achieve a minimum of BBB at A-Level (or equivalent), please use this space to provide details of the extenuating circumstances which adversely affected your ability to achieve BBB.

If you did not complete A-Levels in England, please indicate below: (1) what A-Level equivalent examinations you sat, (2) your grades expressed natively, and (3) your grades expressed as English A-Level equivalents, if known.

Did you attend a Russell Group university?

The full list of Russell Group universities can be found at https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/our-universities/.

If you attended a UK university at undergraduate level, did you pay international fees?

Please leave this answer blank if you attended a non-UK university at undergraduate level.

Are you the first GENERATION within your family to go to university?

For instance, if your parents have not gone to university but your older siblings have, select 'yes'.

Are you the first PERSON within your family to go to university?

For instance, if your parents have not gone to university but your older siblings have, select 'no'.

If you did not achieve a minimum of 2:1 at undergraduate level, please use this space to provide details of the extenuating circumstances which adversely affected your ability to achieve a 2:1.

What was the postcode of the location you spent the majority of time living in until the age of 14?

If you did not grow up in the UK, please skip this question.

Which of the below best describes your second parent/carer's employment when you were aged around 14?

Your response to this question will be used for the sole purpose of giving us a fuller picture of your social mobility

Which of the below best describes your first parent/carer's employment when you were aged around 14?

Your response to this question will be used for the sole purpose of giving us a fuller picture of your social mobility

If you selected 'blue-collar professions' or 'white-collar professions' in the previous two questions, please use this space for any further detail you wish to provide.

Your response to this question will be used for the sole purpose of giving us a fuller picture of your social mobility

Have you ever worked DURING TERM TIME during your A-Levels (or A-Level equivalents) out of financial need?

Please disregard any paid experiences motivated not primarily by financial need (e.g. experiences you did to enrich your CV).

Have you ever worked OUTSIDE TERM TIME during your A-Levels (or A-Level equivalents) out of financial need?

Please disregard any paid experiences motivated not primarily by financial need (e.g. experiences you did to enrich your CV).

Have you ever worked DURING TERM TIME during your undergraduate degree out of financial need?

Please disregard any paid experiences motivated not primarily by financial need (e.g. experiences you did to enrich your CV).

Have you ever worked OUTSIDE TERM TIME during your undergraduate degree out of financial need?

Please disregard any paid experiences motivated not primarily by financial need (e.g. experiences you did to enrich your CV).

At any point in your life, has your primary carer (e.g. a parent/grandparent) ever claimed Universal Credit (or other forms of government benefits based on low income) for your upbringing?

Claims made before your birth are not relevant to this question.

If you believe there is anything the above questions have not covered, please use this space to provide additional details regarding how your socio-economic circumstances may have affected your access to commercial law.

Are you part of any formal structured career assistance programme? (such as Rare, Aspiring Solicitors, SEO London) including any Law Firm offered programmes?

(Please note, this does not include being a member of an organisation that provides ad-hoc assistance, unstructured guidance or events but is intended to capture actual schemes, or programmes that run for a certain duration and offer a certain set of opportunities exclusive to programme candidates such as Rare Articles, City Solicitors Horizon and others.)

If yes, please provide the details of the organisations and schemes you are either a member of or receiving structured/personalised support from.

If not, please confirm that you are not part of any formal programme or scheme.

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Select "Yes" if you would like to opt-in to these communications

Yes