About City Century is a solicitor apprenticeship initiative led by CLLS that identifies, recruits, educates, and develops the very best talent, connecting them to the City of
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In Focus: Mansfield Rule
About The Mansfield Rule is a structured certification process designed to ensure all talent at participating law firms and legal departments have a fair and
City firms unite to boost solicitor-apprenticeship numbers
The Law Society Gazette reports that city firms are marking Social Mobility Day with the official launch of an initiative to boost the number of
In Focus: PRIME
PRIME is an alliance of law firms across the UK and Republic of Ireland determined to improve access to, and socio-economic diversity within, the legal
In Focus: The Race Fairness Commitment
About: The Race Fairness Commitment by Rare was created following the publication of their report “closing the ethnicity stay gap” in 2020 which highlighted the
Legal Cheek reports that Bird & Bird are the latest firm to introduce a solicitor apprenticeship programme starting in September 2023. Read the full article here
Law.com reports that Bird & Bird announced that it had promoted 22 lawyers globally with six of the promotions in the London Office. Three partners
UK Firms to Participate in Diversity Lab’s Latest Mansfield Certification Round
Law.com reports that Legal diversity organization Diversity Lab is kicking off the fifth year of its Mansfield certification process with the launch of a pilot