Tag: Diversity

Top black journalist heckled at City law diversity event speaks out

Exclusive: Afua Hirsch says she was branded a 'fascist' by attendee, who host firm confirms was not an employee

Jul 9 2020 9:13am

Private school kids continue to dominate corporate law

'Much more work to be done', says SRA chief

Mar 31 2020 11:50am

Forget the glass ceiling… trans people face a ‘concrete’ one, says Manchester Met equality law prof

Lawyer Stephen Whittle shares insights into the challenges facing transgender people during House of Commons speech

Jul 19 2019 10:01am

How my disability sparked my entrepreneurial spirit

Yasmin Sheikh on her transition from City lawyer to diversity advocate

Apr 11 2019 10:31am

Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’

Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination

Mar 29 2019 12:57pm
Travers Smith law firm training contract trainee

This is how one City law firm responds to market change

The panel, which comprised of lawyers and business services professionals, had plenty to say on topics ranging from Brexit, the economic cycle and the rise of disruptive technologies

Jan 23 2019 3:15pm

City law diversity schemes criticised for ‘box-ticking’

Chair of high profile programme hits back with strong-worded response

Dec 13 2018 2:16pm

Event: How to make it as a City lawyer — with Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown

Top lawyers join experts from BPP University Law School, NOTICED and PRIME to help prep students — for free — ahead of the training contract application deadline

Jun 19 2018 6:18pm

‘My cerebral palsy may affect my speech and mobility, but it won’t stop me becoming a barrister’

Law graduate Daniel Holt hopes to start BPTC this September and is 'very confident' he'll secure pupillage

May 11 2018 9:09am

Disability policies are the legal profession’s disconnect

GDL student David Mant explores what firms can do to combat substantial underrepresentation of disabled lawyers

Apr 25 2018 9:14am

‘I’m a future trainee who is Asian and working class: This is what diversity means to me’

Shez Anjum reveals how he overcame prejudices to win 'Trainee of the Year'

Apr 19 2018 9:12am

David Lammy: ‘We will not see a BME Lord Chief Justice in my lifetime’

Top names from law and politics gather to discuss legal profession's diversity problem

Mar 9 2018 9:07am

International Women’s Day: Male and female lawyers divided over profession’s gender equality progress

Law Society plans 100 roundtables as female lawyers' centenary fast approaches

Mar 8 2018 12:05pm

Research: Far more private school kids at corporate firms than in crime

State school educated underrepresented across the board

Feb 14 2018 11:35am

16 City firms make it to LGBT top 100 employer list

Legal profession most represented sector

Jan 31 2018 12:28pm

Lawyer turned MP David Lammy asks government to set judicial diversity targets, government says no

‘Disappointed’ politician says ‘more of the same will not work’

Dec 19 2017 10:41am

Four different perspectives from female lawyers about being successful on your own terms

Stories from the Women in Law Conference at Shearman & Sterling in London

Nov 9 2017 3:49pm

When I qualified as a solicitor some of my colleagues had never worked with a black person before, now I’m a partner

David Carter, a private equity specialist at Ashurst, shares his story

Oct 23 2017 1:09pm