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Law Soc, Stonewall launch first major gay careers survey

One of my friends, a 4 PQE lawyer at a top 20 law firm, won't have a 'trendy' haircut for risk of a partner getting a sniff of the fact he likes shaking his gay booty in the depths of Soho every weekend. Although this has lead to several bad hair cuts its also lead to him feeling detached from the old boys inner circle he needs to be part of in order to make it to the top. There is no doubt in his mind, if he had a couple of kids and a 3 bed semi in Fulham he would reach partnership quicker. There is little to do to remedy this but time, as the old fashioned and narrow minded thinking partners of a previous generation fall off the perch and retire, a new generation of lawyers who have been raised in an all together more liberal society will start to influence even the most conservative of firms. Whilst as City Lawyer has found some clients displaying levels of homophobia, on the flip side as an openly gay in-house lawyer working for a US media house, I feel a more openly diverse law firms might be very good for new business.

21-Apr-2009

4:59 pm