If you are interested in Diversity and Inclusion, you may be interested in some of these articles and other information from December 2023:
Disability History Month (Continued)
- Law Society Gazette: ‘I will get there’: Solicitor who had stroke at 26 easing back into the law
- Law Society Gazette: Disability inclusion: we need to see tangible action
- Law Society: “I know I have a disability, but I don’t sit and think about it all the time”
- Law Society Gazette: Introducing the ICC Guide to Disability Inclusion
- Law Society Gazette: My Legal Life: Reena Parmar, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Read:
- Law Society Gazette: Judiciary blamed for upsurge of bullying at bar
- Law Society Gazette: City trainee who helped Afghan judge flee Taliban regime among pro bono award winners
- Law Society Gazette: Women make up 37% of law firm partners, new SRA figures show
- Counsel Magazine: Grief and loss at the Bar
- Counsel Magazine: ND barristers – help your clerk help you
- Counsel Magazine: Social mobility and the JAC
- SRA: Profession’s diversity continues to improve but more to do
- Law.Com Slaughter and May Makes ‘Reduced Hours For Reduced Pay’ a Permanent Option
- Law.Com Long Hours, Very Little Research: An Expert View’s on Law’s Wellbeing Problem
- Law.Com Bar Council Moves to Tackle ‘Inappropriate and Unacceptable’ Behaviour at the Bar
- LawCareers.net Breaking barriers: social mobility in the legal sector
- LawCareers.net Black barristers: are wigs outdated?
- Financial News: ‘Big parties aren’t a good look’: Firms rein in boozy Christmas celebrations
- Telegraph: City lawyers asked to work four-day week for lower pay
Listen:
- The Legal Mind Podcast: Disability, diversity and inclusion with Reena Parmar
- The Legal Mind Podcast: Why firms should be addressing risks to mental health in the workplace.
Research and Reports:
- Bullying harassment and discrimination at the Bar December 2023 (Bar Council Report)
