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 disproportionate attrition of ethnic minority lawyers in law firms. The purpose of the Race Fairness Commitment therefore is to provide a model, a roadmap for success – to create a more ethnically diverse profession.
The Race Fairness Commitment asks UK firms to commit to a 6 commitments including:
- to monitor internally with a view to publishing externally on an annual and aggregated basis the data relating to things like application to interview rates, success rates of candidates, and ethnicity stay gap rates;
- to complete an ethnicity equal pay analysis;
- to champion junior ethnic minority talent;
- to ensure everyone joining us gets a clear message in their induction that the organisation has zero tolerance of racism;
- to ask in every exit interview whether the person leaving has experienced or seen racism in the firm;
- to ensure that at least once a year, the firm tells all its staff that it has zero tolerance of racism and, if appropriate, shares examples of how the firm has dealt with any incidents of racism.
Read more about the commitments and how to sign up here.
