Applications for the 2025 Slaughter and May Law Residential are now open!

You can apply to take part in the residential here. 

If you have any questions about the event please email outreach@robinson.cam.ac.uk.

What is it?

Robinson College is working with Slaughter and May, an international law firm, to provide a two-day residential for Year 12 students considering applying for Law at university. The residential will entail an introduction to Law at university, workshops to practise the skills required of Cambridge Law students, as well as a chance to explore both the academic study of law and its practice.

The 2025 Residential will be held at Robinson College, one of the Colleges that form the University of Cambridge, as a residential event across one night and two days. The event is free-of-charge, with accommodation and meals provided by the College. Travel expenses may be covered if students meet our Travel Costs policy.

When is it?

Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Who is it for?

The Law Residential is open to students currently in Year 12 (England & Wales), Year 13 (Northern Ireland) or S5 (Scotland) and studying at a UK state-maintained school (i.e. non-fee paying).

The programme is open to students who identify with at least one of the following criteria:

• Currently in or have previously been in local authority care and/or estranged students;
• Forced migrants;
• Eligible or have previously been eligible to receive Free School Meals or Pupil Premium;
• Are or have previously been a young carer;
• Are from an ethnic minority group currently underrepresented at the University of Cambridge (Black African, Black Caribbean, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Arab, Roma, British Romani, Traveller (Irish or Other), or are of a mixed heritage consisting of any of the above;
• Have had their education significantly disrupted;
• Have a disability and/or long-term health condition;
• Live in an area of high socio-economic deprivation (IMD 1& 2);
• Have an academic profile (e.g. subjects studied, predicted grades) suitable for progression to study at Cambridge or other high-tariff universities*;
• Attend a school with low progression rates to Cambridge, or other higher-tariff Higher Education institutions;
• Are first in their immediate family to attend university;
• Attend a state maintained school in the UK;
• Live or attend a school in one of our link areas of Swindon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, or the London Borough of Wandsworth.

*This will be taken into consideration alongside the other information you provide.