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Trinity College Law Taster Day 2026
The Trinity College Law Taster Day is an annual event giving you an opportunity to explore what it is like to study Law at Trinity and Cambridge. This year’s Law Taster Day will take place on Monday 24 August 2026.
Applications for this event are now open, please apply here
This year, the programme will run in a hybrid format. Applicants will be able to indicate whether they would prefer to attend either online or in-person in Cambridge. Please note that, owing to limited capacity, it might be necessary to offer some applicants requesting in-person attendance an online place instead.
The day will include academic taster sessions, an admissions session on applications and personal statements, and an admissions Q&A which we hope will help you in making a competitive application to Cambridge. In-person attendees will also receive lunch and a tour of Trinity College.
This programme is open to students who will be entering into their final year of school in Autumn 2026, i.e., students currently in Year 12 (England and Wales), S5 (Scotland), or Year 13 (Northern Ireland).
To be eligible, to attend you must attend a UK school, be on track to achieve the minimum entry requirement of A*AA and have an interest in studying Law at the University of Cambridge.
Applications will be assessed on applicants’ academic record and commitment to exploring Law at a higher level.
Applications for this event are now open, please apply here
The deadline for applications will be 6pm on Sunday 19 July. All complete applications with received by the deadline will be considered equally. Unfortunately, late applications cannot be considered.
Law Taster Day Event Programme
Your day at Trinity will include:
- Information sessions on Law and Law admissions at Cambridge (including applications and personal statements)
- Substantive taster sessions on theft in English law and in Roman law
- Sessions on life as a Trinity law student
- An admissions Q&A with staff and current students
In-person attendees will also receive:
- A tour of Trinity College
- Lunch in the College Dining Hall
Get in touch
If you have any questions, please contact our Schools Liaison Officers at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.
We encourage applications from students who have an interest in studying Law at Cambridge. Applications are assessed on achieved and predicted academic record and demonstrated commitment to exploring relevant subjects at a higher level.
To be eligible to attend you must attend a UK school, be on track to achieve the minimum entry requirement of A*AA, and have an interest in studying Law at the University of Cambridge.
As places for in-person attendance are limited, priority for in-person places may be given to students who meet one or more widening participation criteria. Applicants who are not allocated an in-person place may still be offered an online place on the programme.
Preference for in-person attendance may be given to applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:
- You attend a UK maintained (state) school or are on a full bursary at an independent school
- You will be the first in your family to attend university (where neither parent or carer holds a university degree; siblings are not considered)
- You attend a school with low progression rates to Cambridge or Oxford
- You are from an ethnic group under-represented at Cambridge
- You live in an area with lower socioeconomic advantage or low rates of progression to higher education
- You have spent time in care
- You have significant caring responsibilities, such as for a parent, carer, or sibling, that affect your time or ability to study
- You are or have been in the past six years eligible for free school meals
- You receive the 16–19 Bursary (England) or Education Maintenance Allowance (NI, Scotland & Wales)
- You are a refugee or asylum seeker
For more information on our widening participation aims and practices, please see our Widening Participation Strategy.
No – the programme will be completely free to attend, whether online or in-person.
Participants attending in-person will be responsible for arranging their own travel to and from Cambridge, with costs reimbursed for eligible students. Guidance on the best ways to reach the College can be found on our Visiting Trinity College webpage.