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Black candidates share legal recruitment experiences

The number of firms adopting contextual recruitment practices is growing, but structural inequality and a lack of representation at senior levels mean that Black candidates still face challenges.

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Becoming a lawyer as a career changer

Career changers and mature candidates can make great lawyers. Many solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers value the transferable skills and experiences that career changers bring, with some explicitly encouraging career changers to apply. Read on to learn how you can make the change from your old career into law.

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International Women’s Day: what does the legal profession look like for women in 2021?

After the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act received royal assent in 1919, it began to pave the way for women to become lawyers for the first time in the UK. Much has been achieved since then, but as in many professions, women working within the legal sector still face many distinct challenges.

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Social mobility: six tips for harnessing your strengths in the legal profession

Emily Digby shares her story and advice to help you harness your strengths

Law firm applications: be proud of your unique and interesting self

Hear from autistic aspiring solicitor Phil Steventon

Still trying to crack the legal racial attainment glass ceiling

Blessing, digital creator and creator of Blessing at the Bar, shares her thoughts

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Super-regulator reveals 10-year goals to improve legal sector

The legal sector is set for another decade of change, with increased consumer protection and provision high up the agenda in the Legal Service Board’s (LSB) new 10-year strategy.

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“Crisis level” backlog of crown court cases disproportionately affects young people from ethnic minority backgrounds

The all-time high in the current backlog of crown court cases is likely to have a disproportionate impact on children and young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, the House of Lords constitution committee has found.

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One in 10 young lawyers globally say they experience “suicidal thoughts” due to work

One in 10 lawyers under 30 said they have experienced suicidal thoughts as a result of work, a recent International Bar Association survey found, with wellbeing in the legal profession a “global concern”.

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SRA finds huge disparity in LPC and law conversion pass rates at different law schools

The disparity between law conversion and Legal Practice Course and law pass rates at different law schools has become even more extreme, according to a report by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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Are law firms elitist?

"I have read that some top firms still see 'poshness' as important when recruiting. What does this mean for my chances?"

Legal and LGBTQ+

"Although it is becoming increasingly common to see women in leadership, I find that LGBTQ+ visibility in leadership is still severely lacking today." Read more about this in Harriet's blog

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Find out about firms' diversity and inclusion initiatives straight from recruiters and practising lawyers

Meet the Lawyer

Cristina Faro

RPC’s Cristina Faro reveals how life as an insurance lawyer is very different to what law students often expect and offers insights into the Bristol and London offices, client secondments and her role as co-lead of the firm’s LGBT+ workstream.

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Yassin Salla

Yassin provides an insight into her varied work as an associate in the regulatory finance team at Clifford Chance and highlights the opportunities she has been offered since starting as a trainee.

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Andrea Gallo

Andrea Gallo explains how Accutrainee’s recruitment process works and outlines its goal to remove existing barriers to help candidates enter the profession.

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