Student Focus
Ward Hadaway LLP Scholarship
Ward Hadaway is proud to have worked with Newcastle University for over 10 years to offer a scholarship award to Year 2 honour roll students. Ward Hadaway is one of the largest independent full service law firms in the North. We have nearly 500 employees and over 90 partners. We believe in investing in our people and we are passionate about helping our people to fulfil their potential and grow their careers with the firm. We recognise that finding the right people to join us begins with a commitment to investing in our community, our outstanding local universities and a priority of our responsible business manifesto is supporting young people. That's one of the reasons why we run a scholarship programme with Newcastle University, for top-performing students who will benefit from the support and development opportunity our programme offers, and who are ultimately looking to train with us.
Each year we offer up to two scholarships, available to those whose first year results placed them in the top 30 performers in their year. The successful scholarship winners receive an award of £1000, a week of work experience with us and an automatic invitation to our trainee assessment centre if they apply for a training contract. The scholarship scheme has resulted in several fantastic candidates going on to train with Ward Hadaway and qualifying as solicitors in their chosen areas, and who we value enormously.
Every year it is a pleasure to meet such vibrant applicants from Newcastle University. This year's successful scholarship winners were Oluwabukolami Adeyemi and Niamh Scott-McCormack who really impressed us at interview, and who recently completed their work placements with us. We thoroughly enjoyed having them with us. Ward Hadaway is delighted to continue to strengthen our relationship with Newcastle University and to build a network of talented students looking to develop their careers in law.
Kirsty Dye, Director, Ward Hadaway LLP
