Partially funded

Career Changer Scholarship (Law Conversion)

BPP University, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

The Career Changer Scholarship is a BPP University award for people working in a non-law career who want to retrain as a solicitor or barrister. It applies to BPP's law conversion courses.

Awards are made at three levels: £3,000, half fee or full fee. It is part of BPP's scholarship fund, which put more than £1.4m towards applicants on its postgraduate law courses in 2025-26, with a significant share going to students from under-represented backgrounds.

BPP runs a single 'one application' process for this and most of its other scholarships. Leadership, entrepreneurial, innovation and other transferable skills carry particular weight for career changers.

Award Information

  • You are currently in a non-law career and want to qualify as a solicitor or barrister.
  • You are applying for the Law Conversion Course (PGDL), Law Conversion Course (Master's) or LLM Law Conversion with SQE1.
  • You have submitted an application to study at BPP University.
  • You apply for the scholarship by the relevant deadline, and only for the scholarship that matches your intended programme and start date.
  • You have at least a 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent (a 2:2 with evidence of mitigating circumstances is reviewed case by case).
  • You do not hold full fee sponsorship for the programme from elsewhere (for example an employer or one of the Inns of Court).
  • You are a new student enrolling on the programme; current students are not eligible.
  • You may hold only one BPP scholarship or bursary; if awarded more than one, the higher value award applies and the lower one lapses.
  • Recipients of master's funding (for example from Student Finance England) may still apply.
  • External bursaries or scholarships worth more than £5,000 (including from the Inns of Court) rule out a BPP scholarship unless the BPP award could be a full or half fee award above £5,000; it is then capped at the difference.
  • International applicants needing a student visa must obtain it themselves; BPP admits only people with the legal right to study in the UK.
  • £3,000 fee reduction, or
  • Half fee scholarship (50% of programme tuition), or
  • Full fee scholarship (free place on the programme).
  • The award is a reduction from BPP programme fees and is redeemable only by enrolling on the programme; if paying by instalments it comes off the final instalment(s).
  • A full fee award gives a free place on the programme for the intake applied for; deferring the start date cancels it.
  • No cash alternative; the award cannot be transferred to another student or programme.
  • Unless stated otherwise, it does not cover external exam fees (for example SQE assessments), travel, accommodation, living or relocation costs, study materials or professional body fees.

September 2026 courses

  • 10 July 2026 (23:59): deadline to be considered for full fee or half fee scholarships.
  • 24 July 2026 (23:59): BTC Advocacy Scholarship.
  • 28 August 2026 (23:59): all other BPP-awarded scholarships.

January 2027 courses

  • 4 December 2026 (23:59): all BPP-awarded scholarships.
  • 11 December 2026 (23:59): BTC Advocacy Scholarship.

February 2027 courses

  • 15 January 2027 (23:59): all BPP-awarded scholarships.

Late applications are not accepted. Outcomes are normally emailed within ten working days of submission.

  1. Apply for your chosen BPP University course and intended start date.
  2. Complete BPP's single scholarship application form (Apply here), choosing the scholarship that matches your course.
  3. Show evidence of how you meet the scholarship criteria; no changes or additions are accepted after you submit, and multiple applications for one scholarship are disqualified.
  4. If shortlisted for a full or half fee award, complete the project and any interview or assessment.
  5. If successful, accept your BPP course offer within 10 working days of notification, or the award passes to another candidate.
  6. Start the programme at a BPP centre in the UK on the stated start date; deferral or transfer is not allowed.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Evidence that you meet the eligibility criteria (for example degree results), on request.
  • Any further documents BPP asks for by its stated deadline; successful applicants may need to sign further documentation.

How selection works

  • Applications are judged against the scholarship criteria: strong academics; resilience (including under-represented backgrounds, first-generation students and those who have faced significant hardship); volunteering or pro bono work; dedication to career progression through extra-curricular activities and work experience; and leadership, entrepreneurial, innovation or other transferable skills, especially for career changers.
  • A significant share of BPP's scholarship funds goes to students from traditionally under-represented backgrounds.
  • The strongest applicants who apply by the full fee and half fee deadline are shortlisted and must complete a project to compete for those awards.
  • Receipt is acknowledged within 5 working days; outcomes are emailed within about 10 working days; shortlisted candidates may need to take part in assessments or interviews.

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