Matthew Champ- LLM Law

Matthew completed his LLB Law and Criminology undergraduate degree and his LLM Law Master's at the University of Portsmouth School of Law. He now has a place at Bristol to study the Bar professional training course, the next step to becoming a barrister.

'I’ve just won an Inns of Court Scholarship beating over 400 applicants from universities across the UK, including Oxford and Cambridge, which will help me financially when studying for the Bar professional training course next year.

The Harmsworth Scholarship is provided by the Middle Temple, one of the four Inns of Court which have the exclusive right to call men and women to the Bar. I’m really proud to be the first ever Portsmouth student to win.

The barristers who interviewed me were impressed by the amount of work experience I had arranged while at university. I was heavily involved in the University’s employment law clinic, a free service offering employment advice to members of the public.

The amount of support I’ve had at Portsmouth has been superb; my tutors have been fantastic and have helped me to build confidence. They also endorsed a practical approach to learning and if it wasn’t for their endless encouragement I can safely say that I wouldn’t have won the £7,000 scholarship, which will be a huge help to me next year.'