The Law Society has called on the country's solicitors to promote diversity and equality in the legal profession by marching at the World Pride Parade, which takes place in London on Saturday 7 July 2012.

A number of City firms have revealed new ethnicity targets in response to the global Black Lives Matter protests.

“I’ve had doors closed because of who I am, but I’ve also had doors opened because of who I am”, says Phil Steventon of The Neurodivergent Lawyer blog.

The BLD Foundation (BLD) recently held a reception at the House of Commons to raise awareness of the need to increase diversity in, and access to, the legal profession.

Baroness Hale, the president of the supreme court, has spoken about the lack of diversity in the judiciary, emphasising the importance of improved gender balance, and judges from different ethnicities and social backgrounds reflected in court, in an interview with the Guardian.

Browne Jacobson LLP has partnered with one of the world’s leading virtual work experience platforms Forage to launch a brand-new programme that aims to improve diversity and inclusion within the legal sector.

BARBRI has announced the innovative funding initiative, BARBRI Bridges, to support and enhance diversity inclusion and wider access to the legal sector.

A barrister has called for the Inns of Court to do more to promote social mobility after Lincoln’s Inn quoted £3,000 for hosting an event about diversity in the legal profession.

Commercial law firm Kennedys is among 14 leading law firms that have signed up to the Mansfield Rule to push greater transparency around diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, following its UK launch this summer.  

Every two years the Solicitors Regulation Authority collects diversity information relating to education, age, gender, ethnicity and sexuality.

While the number of solicitors who went to state school is on the rise, those who went to fee-paying schools are continuing to dominate corporate work.

It was a different kind of awards ceremony last night as hundreds of viewers stayed at home to watch the 17th annual LawCareers.Net Training & Recruitment Awards streamed live on Facebook and Instagram.

City Law School has joined the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme, aimed at improving social mobility in the legal profession.

The 11 awardees of this year’s Law Society Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) have been announced.

An independent study looking at the SRA’s proposed Solicitors Qualification Examination (SQE) has determined that its introduction could lead to both improved diversity and increased social mobility.

As recent changes to the law move to reflect wider society's growing embracement of diversity and LGBT equality, more lawyers are making LGBT rights part of their practices.

Following on from publication last week of the Lammy Report on racial bias in the British criminal justice system, the chair of the Bar Council’s Equality and Diversity and Social Mobility Committee has responded by saying that report makes an important contribution to the “urgent task of securing a fair and equal criminal justice system”.

The window for applications to the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme has opened, closing on Thursday 31 March.

The Law Society has confirmed that it will be running the Diversity Access Scheme for the 2014/15 academic year, which provides financial assistance to outstanding LPC students.