Tag: Diversity
Linklaters to offer TC application support to disadvantaged black students
Year-long programme for aspiring lawyers at Manchester, Manchester Met, Bristol and Salford universities
Pride 2021: Clifford Chance lawyers belt out gender-neutral track
Magic circle marks Pride month 🏳️🌈
Kingsley Napley ditches ‘BAME’ title
London law firm says descriptor can 'disguise discrimination'
Gowling lawyers to help fund Black students through Birmingham Law School
Firm to also offer work placements and on-going mentoring support
Slaughters targets 40% female partner promotions by 2027
Magic circle player latest to go public with diversity goals
The role law schools play in advancing diversity and inclusion
Ahead of his virtual appearance at LegalEdCon 2021 next week, Legal Cheek Careers speaks to Patrick Johnson, ULaw’s inaugural director of equality, diversity and inclusion
City law firms take nine spots in ‘Top 50 Employers for Women’ list
Recognised for paving the way towards gender-equal workplaces
Squire Patton Boggs targets 25% UK female partners by 2026
Firm sets diversity targets for first time
Linklaters targets disadvantaged teens with career support scheme
New programme also looks to help young wannabe lawyers from racially diverse backgrounds through tutoring, mentoring and work shadowing opportunities
DLA Piper targets 30% global female partnership by 2025
Linklaters ups gender diversity target after missing previous aim
City law firms and chambers come together for #10000BlackInterns initiative
National campaign gets underway next year with aim to provide paid internships for black graduates
Hogan Lovells gets its first female solo chair
Marie-Aimée de Dampierre is one of a number of women in leadership roles at the firm
What does a lawyer look like?
White, male and upper class, according to new research on public perceptions
Diversity and inclusion efforts count towards billable targets, Hogan Lovells tells lawyers
Credit system applies to activities including organising D&I events and mentoring underrepresented colleagues
Flexi training contract specialist launches SQE scholarship for Black aspiring lawyers
Accutrainee's diversity initiative sees it team up with City outfits including CMS
The challenges and opportunities for Black lawyers in the COVID-19 era
Black lawyers and allies, of varying degrees of seniority, discuss their experiences during the pandemic
My life in law
Sally Davies on rising through the ranks to make Mayer Brown’s first female London managing partner
Majority of SRA investigations involve male solicitors
92% of individuals struck off in 2018/19 were men, new report finds
Underpaid, stressed and bullied: Experiences of BAME solicitors laid bare in new report
Law Society research compares experiences of black, asian and minority ethnic solicitors with white counterparts
‘How I helped steer a global law firm through the pandemic’
Ahead of Friday’s virtual event, Mayer Brown’s London managing partner Sally Davies discusses the remote-working revolution -- and why failing to embrace change would be a ‘travesty’
Simmons & Simmons sets 30% ethnic minority target for trainees
Aims to achieve greater racial diversity by 2025