Norton Rose pushes student diversity agenda
updated on 10 March 2011
As reported in Legal Week, Norton Rose has joined forces with Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) in order to encourage more black and ethnic minority (BME) individuals to sign up for its summer vacation scheme.
Norton Rose has signed an agreement with SEO, which will help to place BME candidates on the firm's vacation schemes. SEO already works with a number of other big-name firms, including Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Eversheds, Ashurst, Herbert Smith, Simmons & Simmons, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Mayer Brown, Macfarlanes, Jones Day, Latham & Watkins and Winston & Strawn.
Norton Rose is also pushing its diversity agenda further, with a scheme that hopes to educate students from deprived areas about the legal profession. Earlier this month, students from a Hackney academy visited the firm's offices for a two-day session, during which they learnt about the legal profession and received help from a mentor with their UCAS statements. This scheme will be repeated in June.
