The motherhood penalty: what gender-neutral policies can’t fix
Different groups have different needs and blanket policies rarely work effectively for everyone, argue the co-founders of BlueSky, a parental coaching platform for women in law.
Different groups have different needs and blanket policies rarely work effectively for everyone, argue the co-founders of BlueSky, a parental coaching platform for women in law.
The legal landscape in England and Wales is rapidly transforming with the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). This shift in the qualification process for legal professionals is reshaping the traditional route to becoming a solicitor, and by 2032, all existing routes will be officially phased out, making it the sole option for aspiring […]
Bird & Bird has turned to DWF to fill the newly-created role of head of responsible business. Dan Noakes makes the move, where he held the role of head of ESG operations and business development at DWF for the last three years. Before that, Noakes has held similar roles in both the professional services and […]
Five train operators, five heads of legal: how this all-female team manages the legal functions for the likes of LNER, Northern and Southeastern railways.
TLT has announced its latest goal as part of its diversity and inclusion strategy, aiming for female lawyers to make up half of its partnership in five years time. Since the introduction of its strategy in 2019, TLT has built its Women’s Equality Network (WEN) to action plans around the improving equality, D&I and wellness […]
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are three individual concepts which must be looked at in combination for their true impact in the workplace to emerge. A workplace where there is representation, but opportunities are only given to certain groups and only the perspectives of certain groups are valued or carry authority, may be a diverse workplace, […]
Members of the in-house community have called out the recruitment process for top legal jobs after new research found that just 9 per cent of City solicitors came from universities outside of the UK’s elite Russell Group. The research, gathered by inclusivity organisation Non-Russell Group (NRG) Lawyers, also found that the problem extended beyond the […]
Where are you from? Anybody who has ever watched the TV genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? will be aware that this is not always as straightforward a question to answer as it might first seem. And anyone who has ever worked in a law firm will know that it is not always […]
Irish Big Five firm Arthur Cox is the latest firm to announce that it is ahead of schedule to meet its partnership gender target, as the industry tries to address gender inequality. The firm is hopeful that its target of at least 30 per cent of the equity being female will be reached in either […]
As part of Black History Month, The Lawyer spoke to four Allen & Overy lawyers, from trainee to partner, about their experiences in the law.
As disability continues to be underreported in the legal profession, Gowling WLG hopes its new assistance dog policy can encourage others to be proactive in creating inclusive workplaces.
In June this year, two key decisions on each side of the Atlantic sparked debates about the future of diversity initiatives in the workplace. The US Supreme Court ruled that positive affirmative action in relation to race in college admission programmes is unlawful (Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, No. […]
Revolut has partnered up with Linklaters, one of its panel firms, to offer a new mentoring scheme with Aspiring Solicitors. Revolut partner and group GC Tom Hambrett, and senior legal counsels Sarah Baldwin and Marley Ali, are driving the initiative alongside panel firm Linklaters to give young people considering a career in law a chance […]
Following the launch of its mentoring product for aspiring Black lawyers, the Stephen James Partnership (SJP) has extended its technology solution to cater for qualified practitioners globally. Recruitment business SJP launched Black Lawyers Matter Mentoring in 2022, claiming victory at The Lawyer Awards this year for Best Technology Product. It is a digital programme that […]
Slaughter and May has called in consultants to help it achieve social mobility targets, but there are plenty of smaller firms that can show it the way
Right at the bottom of Freshfields’ financials press release last week was the revelation that next summer the firm would not be announcing its results to the media and would simply file its Companies House report later in the financial year. The firm is therefore counting on a six-month delay to manage its financials narrative, […]
I feel very privileged to write this article having just been elected by my peers as vice president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA). That said, it is difficult not to suffer from imposter syndrome. As wonderful as this profession is, and as motivated and enthused as I am in my role as a […]
My Pride story started pretty cautiously. I think I have always had a strong underlying sense of self (old school reports often included phrases like “Nick has a strong sense of justice…” or, perhaps less positively, “Nick is quite opinionated…”), but I wasn’t comfortable coming out to anyone except my closest friends until I was […]
I started as a legal assistant at Freeths exactly one year ago. Since then, I have achieved two of my greatest goals of securing a training contract with the firm and becoming involved in the firm’s LGBTQ+ network, SHINE. At the age of 14, I declared to my parents that I would be moving abroad […]
We’ve just launched Partnerless, a new email specifically for associates. Sign up here for weekly career intelligence and market chatter. I snapped a picture last week, my little girl Sophie, decided she was now bored of me working, comes to sit on my knee and starts typing on my keyboard. She’s got her baby doll […]
Hurrah for Hogan Lovells. At the 2021/22 year-end it was just shy of its target of having 30 per cent female representation in the partnership – 26 per cent to be exact. And guess what, it bettered that figure this year by – hold onto your hats – 0.5 per cent. We’re not saying that […]
Born and raised in western Nigeria, I have always been fascinated by rock formations and geology. I spent the summer holiday before the start of my senior secondary school year absorbed in a geography textbook authored by Goh Cheng Leong, earning to uncover more about the earth, mountains, volcanoes, and other natural phenomenon. However, I […]
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