Simmons & Simmons

Run with Frederick Bremer School in Walthamstow, so places go to that school's students rather than by open application. A seven-year commitment from Year 10: work experience, a paid internship after GCSEs, ongoing mentoring and skills sessions, and the chance to apply for a university bursary awarded to four students per cohort. Running since 2012.

Through the partner school. No open application.

Run with Brampton Manor Academy in East Ham, so places go to that school's students. Two years of work experience, mentoring and skills sessions for students who want to pursue a career in law.

Through the partner school. No open application.

Three weeks of paid work experience each year for school leavers, before university, from ethnic minorities and under-represented groups who aspire to work in law, hosted with IntoUniversity.

Runs each year for school leavers before university. Apply through IntoUniversity.

Simmons is a founding partner and signatory of the 10,000 Black Interns programme, which offers paid work experience to Black students across a range of sectors each year. Register with the 10,000 Interns Foundation, which allocates interns to employers.

Apply through the 10,000 Interns Foundation's own cycle.

Paid work experience for university students with a disability, run on the same framework as 10,000 Black Interns. Register with the 10,000 Interns Foundation, which allocates interns to employers.

Apply through the 10,000 Interns Foundation's own cycle.

The firm provides mentoring and work experience for three City Solicitors Horizons students each programme year. The programme itself, delivered by SEO London, is for first-year undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds; eligibility and applications are on its site.

Three students per programme year. Apply to City Solicitors Horizons directly.