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Focus: Diversity, Power to the pupils

Silver Circle Partner comments come at no surprise at all. My advice to SCP is spend half an hour educating yourself on Diversity in Law, just maybe you'll see (or possibly not) exactly how this article is a good thing. Look up a chap called Roderick Palmore (Executive VP at General Mills). Take note of the efforts people in big places are making to ensure a more diverse workforce in the area of law (not aviation nor entertainment). Then take a little time to think about how the actions described in this article have helped A-level students to make a decision on their chosen degree. Most of these students wouldn't have even considered a law degree due to the fact that their backgrounds conditioned them to see the law as an upper class option. Some sadly just don't feel worthy enough. There lies the problem. More students from diverse backgrounds who are academically sound just may now choose to study law at university with the knowledge that excellent grades matter (something their parents may not have conditioned into them - as far as they are aware completing the degree is enough). The talent pool is then a more diverse one to choose from and "Silver Circle" firms like yours may begin to start hitting diversity targets which are likely to have been set by the hand that feeds you... see the likes of Tyco/Eversheds. Hopefully attitudes such as the one you display will disappear and real progress will happen.

26-May-2010

9:49 pm