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Global General Counsel tops the bill at Black History Month event
Trevor Faure, the Global General Counsel at Ernst & Young, will be the keynote speaker at a Black History Month (BHM) event to be held at The Law Society’s Chancery Lane headquarters on 6...

Legal Gateway

Legal Gateway is our diversity access scheme that encourages social mobility. All our career development opportunities, including two national programmes for young people - Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Lawyers and Legal Launch Pad – and our mentoring programme – Make a Difference, Be the Difference - fall within our Legal Gateway Scheme.

The entire scheme has now been transferred and is now run by BLD Foundation. All the programmes will remain the same and In due course all the information on this page will be on the Foundation's website. To contact the Foundation email admin@BLDFoundation.org.

“I would like to thank A&O as well as the BLD for enabling my school and I to embark on such an interesting scheme.”

Olumide, Kingsford Community, visit to Allen & Overy, London.

BLD Vodcasts

The BLD vodcasts (video podcasts) are divided into two categorie...

LLP Programme

This programme within our Legal Gateway Scheme, including the video podcasts (vodcasts) is primarily targeted at ethnic minority law students and non-law students at university.

TCTL Programme

The Today's Children, Tomorrow's Lawyers programme is primarily targeted at ethnic minority and disadvantaged 14-to-17-year-olds. However, the programme and the various video podcasts (vodcasts) will benefit all children in this age group.