Tag: Diversity

Taking the fear out of being different at the bar

Hardwicke’s Brie Stevens-Hoare QC on why she’s backing FreeBar, a new bar-wide LGBT+ initiative

Jan 12 2017 10:50am

Legal Cheek talks… law firms’ commitment to diversity

Genuine enthusiasm, or buying appearance?

Dec 2 2016 3:31pm

Disability in the City: the disconnect between diversity-friendly legal recruitment and the reality on the office floor

We spoke to top lawyer Robert Hunter, himself profoundly deaf, about his charity City Disabilities

Nov 30 2016 9:02am

City law diversity scheme brings teachers on board in bid to get closer to students

Work experience initiative PRIME -- which is backed by 80 top firms -- wants more ongoing contact with alumni

Nov 15 2016 10:28am

A partner’s advice to aspiring female lawyers

Shearman & Sterling partner Susanna Charlwood on why her gender has never held her back

Oct 19 2016 1:11pm

I have a learning difficulty and am gay – will I succeed at the bar?

The legal profession and its true approach to diversity

Oct 7 2016 10:58am

Research: England and Wales has one of the most male-dominated judiciaries in Europe

But our Supreme Court judges are among the best paid

Oct 6 2016 2:06pm

The quest to recruit more graduates like me

New PRIME chair reached top of Hogan Lovells the hard way

Oct 6 2016 1:29pm

Revealed: Nearly 60% of rookie barristers did their undergraduate degree at Oxbridge

The 2016-17 Chambers Most List – released today – makes for sobering reading for wannabe lawyers at lesser unis

Sep 28 2016 11:38am

Already low percentage of ethnic minority judges FALLS as female numbers flatline

But there are some encouraging signs in the lower ranks

Jul 28 2016 1:00pm

Video: How to make it as a City lawyer

Six top solicitors answer law students' questions about how they made it into the legal profession

Jul 11 2016 11:48am

From a small town in one of India’s poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills

Siddhartha Shukla charts his incredible route to becoming a solicitor in London

Jun 28 2016 12:05pm

Research: BME lawyers far less likely to become judges than white lawyers

Only 10% of BME applicants were shortlisted

Jun 3 2016 1:56pm

History to be made as gay judge looks set to swipe Lord Denning’s old job title

Sir Terence Etherton would be the first openly gay Master of the Rolls

May 20 2016 11:31am

Judges, you need to catch up with parliament in your treatment of transgender people

Stop reminding litigants what used to be between their legs

May 6 2016 11:12am

Why City law firms don’t need to keep in touch with work experience students

If they want to build ties, students should show some initiative and send an email

Feb 15 2016 9:01am

The bar launches first of its kind LGBT+ network

FreeBar aims to support sexuality and gender minority barristers through their career, and get heterosexual lawyers on board

Feb 8 2016 10:16am

Ethnic diversity at the bar isn’t actually that bad (but it’s not that good either)

At least people are talking about it -- unlike social-economic diversity

Feb 1 2016 9:21am