The Mukesh Patel Scholarship

 

 

National law firm Freeths has established a scholarship for law students in memory of Mukesh Patel, former Managing Partner of Freeths' Leicester Office. 

The Mukesh Patel Scholarship will provide local undergraduate law students with an award of £4,000 a year for three years, with a focus on the socio-economic backgrounds of students who want to pursue a career in law.

Freeths launched the scheme to honour Mukesh's legacy and commitment to diversity and equality within the legal profession and to the local business community.

A respected and popular member of both Freeths and the local community. Mukesh, who was born and went to school in Leicester, led the firm's Dispute Resolution team in Leicester and subsequenlty became Managing Partner of the Leicester office in 2014.

For details about the eligibility criteria for applicants, the terms and conditions associated with this scholarship, and to apply, please see the information below.

  1. Eligibility criteria for scholars and applicants

    1. Be enrolled in the current academic year on a University full time BA/BSc undergraduate degree law programme and be in their first year of study (not distance learning);
    2. Be a home/fee paying student — have a UK Student Support Number (English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish students) must reside in the United Kingdom before and during the course of study;
    3. Have been income assessed by the University’s finance department and be in receipt of a student loan;
    4. Be able to demonstrate a financial need — household income must indicate that students are eligible for means-tested support;
    5. Be a self-funding student, the course of study must not be externally funded;
    6. No other form of donor or university funded scholarship may be applied in conjunction with this Scholarship. Must meet the entry requirements for their chosen course.

  2. Terms and conditions

    1. This scholarship is not transferrable.
    2. Awards to part-time students will be made on a pro-rata basis.
    3. Student funding record must be in a position for the scholarship allocation to be made and paid, This means that the following criteria must have been met: a) Your completed student finance application must have been assessed and finalised by SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS (no income related awards will be awarded on provisional financial assessments) b) You must have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC. c) Your SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record must be available to DMU. Therefore you must have given student finance permission* for your information to be shared with the university. d) You must ensure that your parents/sponsors have given student finance their permission for their information to be shared with DMU. Permission/consent from you and/or your parents can be given by calling SFE on 0300 100 0612 e) The data held on your student finance record must meet the award eligibility criteria. f) Once deemed eligible for the award, if your SFE record is not in a position for allocation and/or payment to be made, your payment will be delayed or not made at all.
    4. The Bursary will be paid in two instalments, one in December and one in April of each academic year (maximum of three years).
    5. Any scholarship/bursary payments made by DMU/ Student Loans Company (SLC) after a student has interrupted their studies or withdrawn from the university will normally be recovered from the student.
    6. Any bursary or scholarship payment made by DMU/ SLC in error OR paid as a result of false information submitted will normally be recovered from the student.
    7. If a payment is not received, it is the responsibility of the student to urgently contact the Student Finance and Welfare team at DMU, so that the non-payment can be investigated. The deadline for the payment of scholarships is the end of the summer term. For the next academic year this will be 16 June 2023. No further awards will be made after this date. Please note: do NOT leave any queries about non-payment until the deadline, as it may take time to investigate and resolve your query.
    8. Payments are triggered via DMU returning a positive registration and attendance confirmations at the relevant points. This process is carried out automatically on your behalf. Students whose SFE, SFW, SFNI, SAAS record is not in a position to have their attendance confirmed will experience a delay in payment.
    9. DMU reserves the right to revise or amend these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without prior notice. The information provided above must be used in conjunction with award specific information on our Scholarships and Bursaries.

  3. How to apply

    Applications are currently closed

  4. Further information

    If you have any further queries please contact the Transitions Team, Student Finance and Welfare, via: Email: transitions@dmu.ac.uk T: 0116 257 7595 (please select option 3, followed by option 4)

Applications currently closed