Social mobility
No one should be prevented from being a solicitor based on their upbringing and we are committed to ensuring the Scottish legal profession is made up of all the communities it serves.
We hope that our work in social mobility will positively influence not only legal employers in the profession to follow our lead, but also those in other jurisdictions and even other professions. The need to enable fair access to employment is a key issue for all industries.
Social mobility underpins a lot of the outreach work we do, to ensure talented individuals can flow through the legal education and career pipeline, ultimately ensuring our profession is accessible to individuals from all backgrounds.
Support for school pupils
A key part of our work is to assure fair access to the legal profession, so we do a range of work with Scottish schools. Find out about our Street Law programme, schools debating tournament and careers events.
Lawscot Foundation scholarships
Contextualised recruitment
We have brought contextualised recruitment software to the Scottish market by working in partnership with Rare. This is a robust way to tackle social mobility, enabling employers to recruit in an objective, socially responsible and affordable way.
How employers can get practically involved with social mobility
widening access to legal profession
How fair is your traineeship recruitment pipeline
How to get a more diverse group of people applying to your organisation
5 questions to explain contextualised recruitment and our pilot scheme with Rare
You may have heard recently of 'contextualised recruitment' that firms like Pinsent Masons, Dickson Minto and Morton Fraser are implementing via a company called Rare. It's designed to improve social mobility, but what does it all mean?
Additional
Recruitment guidance
Guides aimed to help legal employers attract solicitors and trainees with the right skills to meet the needs of their business and client base.