The Sutton Trust’s Pathways to Law programme has been extended and for the first time is to begin in year 10, with participants getting four years of support.
Funding from the Legal Education Foundation and nine leading law firms has made the extension possible, with 1,800 pupils to benefit over the next four years.
Previous research from the Sutton Trust, a charity that tackles disadvantage, has found that three-quarters of top judges and 71 per cent of top QCs were privately educated – compared to seven per cent of the general population.
Pathways to Law targets academically able pupils from “non-privileged homes” and recruitment for year 10 and year 12 pupils will being in August.
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