Tag: Diversity
Top QC reveals how she overcame insane 1980s sexual harassment
State school-educated family law barrister also slammed legal education costs in eye-opening speech
Save the date: 4 October will see first ever Supreme Court case heard by more than one woman
Lady Hale and Lady Black to rule on case about ethnic minority barrister’s discrimination claim
Manchester Law School scholarship to boost number of black males entering legal profession
Students will receive £3,000 for each year of their undergraduate degrees
Lady Hale: Solicitor-barrister divide to blame for male dominance of the bench
Calls for more to be done on gender diversity in Belfast speech
‘Introduce quotas for state school educated barristers and judges,’ suggests Guardian journalist
Ellie Mae O’Hagan tells Legal Cheek she hopes column will help 'address the problem of elitism'
Is ‘Doxbridge’ a thing?
Supreme Court now has more Durham grads than any other non-Oxbridge uni
Over a third of new law students are from ethnic minority backgrounds
Law far more ethnically diverse than other humanities-based subjects
‘Social mobility initiatives are targeting the wrong people: I would know — I was one of them’
Legal Cheek’s Katie King explains why they must be more selective
Research: Israel, Italy, New Zealand and South Africa all have more diverse judiciaries than us
Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the USA too
Diversity isn’t working, says Somali refugee who beat odds to become a barrister
Hashi Mohamed was raised exclusively on state benefits, and he believes open recruitment has made ‘little if any difference’
‘My teacher told me I was too soft to be a lawyer, now I’m a partner at a Knightsbridge firm’
Kevin Poulter tells us why his teacher's terse words encouraged him to pursue a career in law
First non-white Old Bailey judge was told to ‘try hairdressing instead’
Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC also recalls being mistaken for a defendant when she was at the bar
‘Pink Floyd’s manager tricked me into becoming a lawyer’
Why media law partner Mark Stephens has always felt like an outsider in his profession
Plymouth High School for Girls pupils crowned Bar Mock Trial champions
Devon sixth formers emerge victorious in final presided over by Sir Brian Leveson
Non-white, female lawyer at 11KBW says she’s ‘fed up’ with people doubting that she’s a barrister
Harini Iyengar asked 'Wow, are you actually a barrister?' in Temple today
International Women’s Day: Lack of confidence deterring women from applying for silk
Barristers urge female seniors to be an inspiration to their juniors
Is my education in Colombia the reason I can’t get a training contract?
Graduating from a 'non-fancy' university is my biggest disadvantage
Posh solicitors pocket almost £7,000 more than ‘working class’ colleagues
Profession dominated by those from "advantaged backgrounds", says government-backed report
I went to the one-man theatre show about the UK’s first black judge and this is what I thought of it
Less singing, more law please