Year 13 Networked Scholarship @ HSF LLP

09 Sep Year 13 Networked Scholarship @ HSF LLP

Every year we are fortunate to be invited to be part of the Herbert Smith Freehills Networked Scholarship scheme.

Seven Year 12 students were selected to attend two workshops at this prestigious law firm’s London offices. They had the opportunity to apply for the scholarship and, if successful, embark on a 5-year support programme whilst they complete their A Levels, move onto university, and ultimately get help to network to get their first step onto the employment ladder.

Students from 6 different London based schools compete for 5 scholarship places during May/June of Year 12. The scholarship launch takes place in the September of the students’ Year 13.

I was privileged enough to be invited to this year’s launch for the 2022 Cohort due to the amazing achievements of Toni H & Megan M – who both impressed the HSF interview panel and assessment centre assessors.

JRCS has a history of students achieving one of the scholarships, but this is the first year that we have achieved 2 scholars for the same cohort.

We are immensely proud of their achievement as this means they will have a three-week internship during Summer 2023, probably have a business trip to Paris with the firm, and also get the opportunity to present a pitch to one of HSF’s top clients, quite possibly Goldman Sachs.

The evening also saw an official launch to the 2020 & 2021 cohorts meaning that Jenny & Sam also got to experience the official welcome, which was unable to occur, due to Covid, at the correct time.

Pictures show Toni, Megan, Sam & Jenny giving a speech at the launch evening.

congratulations to all of them on a great achievement.

Miss Campbell

Deputy Director of Sixth Form