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Hogan Lovells has unveiled the details of its diversity plan, which includes an emphasis on retaining and advancing the careers of women lawyers to ensure greater gender equality among its partners.
Ten new students have been welcomed onto the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme which supports aspiring lawyers facing social, educational, financial or personal obstacles to qualifying as a solicitor.
Bushra Ali Solicitors appoints Aisha Seedat as disability, diversity and inclusion champion – a first for a UK-based law firm.
The Bar Standards Board has released its diversity data summary for the Bar in 2023.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has fined eight law firms for breaching transparency rules and one firm for failing to publish diversity data.
There has been a recent increase in barristers’ chambers and law firms introducing mentoring for aspiring lawyers from underrepresented groups to boost diversity and inclusion.
Legal education provider BARBRI has announced that it’s recommitting to its diversity and inclusion scheme, BARBRI Bridges for a second year.
The Law Society of England and Wales’ has awarded 15 tenacious aspiring solicitors each a Diversity Access Scheme to help them qualify as a solicitor.
Not enough has been done to address recruitment and other problems which continue to be barriers to diverse judiciary which reflects the population, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned.
National law firm Browne Jacobson LLP has welcomed six work experience students who are part of the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme, as part of the firm’s efforts to improve access and diversity within the profession.
LawCareers.Net’s recent early career lawyer diversity survey has found that 76% of aspiring or junior lawyers agree or strongly agree that law firms often contain ‘old boys’ clubs’, while nearly 70% believe firms aren’t doing enough to promote diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.
Winckworth Sherwood has been named the leading law firm in the United Kingdom for workplace gender and ethnic diversity by the Black Solicitors Network.
Magic circle firm Linklaters LLP has informed its lawyers this week that contributions made towards diversity, equity & inclusion can count as chargeable time.
Controversial plans to improve access to the legal profession by forcing law firms and chambers to publish internal diversity and social mobility data on their websites have been approved by the Legal Services Board.
City firms should focus on retaining and developing BAME lawyers to ensure their workforces are diverse and multicultural, in addition to improving recruitment, the diversity network NOTICED has said.
On 24 May 2012 240 guests attended the ninth annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards.
The InterLaw Diversity Forum’s flagship early careers event is back! On Friday 9 December 100 aspiring lawyers from diverse, socially mobile, and underrepresented groups will be welcomed for a day of inspiring panel discussions and practical workshops.
The College of Law (CoL) held an event entitled 'Diversity at the Bar' on Monday 16 April, at which leading barrister and human rights expert Baroness Helena Kennedy QC was the keynote speaker.
The biggest diversity survey yet to take place in the legal profession has found that privately educated solicitors remain vastly overrepresented in the senior ranks of large firms.
Several law firms, including Clifford Chance and Macfarlanes LLP, have launched a leadership-led, cross-firm collective developed to improve the representation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the UK legal profession.