‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in law
Gatehouse Chambers property and probate silk Brie Stevens-Hoare KC on coming out, fitting in and how the profession needs to…
Diversity
‘There is more understanding now’ – how firms are supporting staff with fertility challenges
For International Women’s Day, Vinson & Elkins Europe head of international disputes Louise Woods discusses how her firm has created…
‘There needs to be education’ – raising awareness of infertility and baby loss in the legal sector
For International Women’s Day, Stephenson Harwood Europe private client partner Suzanne Johnston talks about creating inclusive fertility policies and educating…
Pride Month 2023: ‘There is a real risk we are retrenching the hard-fought rights of our LGBTQ+ populations’
BCLP global inclusion and diversity client relationship partner Daisy Reeves on why the UK can’t rest on its laurels in the fight…
Pride Month 2023: ‘I was told that I needed to tone my “gayness” down in order to be successful’
Allen & Overy DE&I ambassador Justin Farrance on the challenges still facing the City law LGBTQ+ community and how social…
Pride Month 2023: ‘Most clients don’t care whether you’re black, pink, green, red with blue spots, LGBTQ+ or not – they just want someone to win the case’
Old Square Chambers’ employment and discrimination barrister Robin White talks to Amy Ulliott about transitioning at the Bar, the need…
We good corporate citizens – ESG report
‘There is such a sense that we need to walk the walk. More so than I’ve ever seen before. This…
Record year for ethnic minorities in latest silk round but number of female applicants falls
Clydes, HSF, Freshfields and White & Case arbitration partners among new QCs A record 22 applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds…
Different strokes – Three perspectives in championing diversity in corporate America
Rachel Gonzalez, general counsel, Starbucks Starbucks has a fundamental business tenet that we are creating a welcoming place for all…
Comment: Less dire than expected but profession may yet squander influx of BAME lawyers
The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…
The influx of BAME lawyers may yet be squandered
The good news is that up close the reality turns out to be not as awful as the cynics have…