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The Mukesh Patel Scholarship

 

 

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National law firm 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 award of £8,000 (£4,000 per year from second year), with a focus on the socio-economic backgrounds of students who want to pursue a career in Commercial Law. This award also includes a work experience opportunity with Freeths.

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.

  1. Eligibility Criteria

    To be eligible, students must:
    1. Be enrolled in the current academic year on the undergraduate Law LLB (hons) degree and be in their second year of study (not distance learning)
    2. Be a home/fee paying student 鈥� 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鈥檚 finance department and be in receipt of a student loan
    4. Be able to demonstrate a financial need 鈥� 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. Hold no other form of donor or university funded scholarship
    7. Must meet the entry requirements for their chosen course

  2. Terms and Conditions

    Financial Terms and Conditions
    1. This scholarship is not transferrable
    2. The data on your student finance record must meet the award edibility criteria. To be able to be fully assessed against the criteria you must:
      1. Complete your student finance application, and it needs to be assessed and approved by your UK student finance authority
      2. Have signed and returned your student declaration form to the SLC
      3. Ensure your relevant UK student finance authority record is available to 性吧电台. Therefore, you must have given permission for your information to be shared with the university
      4. Make sure your parents or sponsors have allowed Student Finance to share their details with 性吧电台
    3. Your student record must include your bank details, as 性吧电台 pays scholarships directly into student bank accounts. If your record is incomplete, your payment may be delayed or not made
    4. The scholarship will be paid in instalments in line with 性吧电台鈥檚 normal Scholarship payment schedule, which is once per term
    5. If you interrupt your studies or leave 性吧电台 before completing your course, any scholarship payments made afterwards will normally need to be repaid
    6. If 性吧电台 makes a scholarship payment by mistake, or if it is based on false information, the payment will usually have to be repaid by the student
    7. If you do not receive a payment, you must contact the Scholarships Team at 性吧电台 straight away so we can look into it

    Attendance and Reporting Terms and Conditions
    1. To continue receiving your scholarship, you must attend your classes and hand in all required assessments
    2. You must engage with the requests for progress updates from the scholarship officer. This allows us to provide updates to our donors and share your successes. The requests will be in October, January and May
    3. If you do not respond to a request for an update, we will pause payments for the next academic year until we hear from you. Continued lack of response may result in the scholarship being withdrawn

    性吧电台 may change these eligibility criteria and terms and conditions at any time without notice. Please read this information alongside the specific details for your scholarship.

  3. How to apply

    Applications for 2025/26 are now closed.

  4. Further information

    Find advice and guidance on how to complete the application form.

    If you have any further queries please contact the Development and Alumni Scholarships Team, via email at daescholarships@dmu.ac.uk