Comment: Women in law – A belated bandwagon, but still welcome Legal Business Rarely, even in the conservative game of law, has so necessary a measure been so long avoided until the status…
Women in law – A belated bandwagon, but still welcome Legal Business Rarely, even in the conservative game of law, has so necessary a measure been so long avoided until the status…
The Target – will tougher measures finally boost gender diversity in the City? Jaishree Kalia Faced with dire rates of female retention, law firms have abandoned previous resistance to public gender targets for their partnerships.…
Women in law – rising up the agenda but female lawyer numbers continue to slide at elite UK law firms Legal Business Even for the most jaded denizen of the City legal community it’s been hard to avoid noticing the greater emphasis…
Government body’s report criticises ‘slow’ move from elitism in legal sector Legal Business The top jobs in the legal sector are still dominated by private schools, with ‘patchy evidence of Law, Medicine and…
Women in law: Quinn Emanuel’s name partner Kathleen Sullivan and London MP Sue Prevezer QC talk diversity Legal Business With leading international firms including most of the Magic Circle nailing their gender diversity targets to the wall, Quinn Emanuel…
City firms support diversity targets by committing to female partnership ratio Legal Business With private practice diversity statistics still often trailing their clients, last month saw rhetoric translated into targets at Ashurst and…
‘Hundreds of thousands of pounds are earmarked’: Linklaters’ senior partner Robert Elliott talks new diversity targets Tom Moore As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity…
Ashurst on board with diversity targets of 40% female partner promotions and 25% partner ratio Tom Moore Ashurst has become the latest firm to introduce gender diversity targets, committing to promote a greater percentage of female associates to…
Diversity – Herbert Smith Freehills commits to 30% female partners by 2019 Legal Business Set against a backdrop of initiatives including the 30% Club’s drive to improve senior female representation on UK boards, Herbert…
Freshfields supports BITC campaign by removing criminal history question from application forms Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has opted to remove questions relating to criminal history from its job application forms in a bid…
DISSENT: Do you know Titian? Berating law firms on social mobility belies commercial realities Legal Business RollOnFriday founder Matthew Rhodes argues it is education – not an increasingly meritocratic profession – that is to blame for…
CoA makes up three women in recent justice appointments Legal Business Three female judges have been appointed to the Court of Appeal (CoA) in the latest round of promotions, which has…
Freshfields to provide scholarships for aspiring black lawyers Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is launching a scholarship with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (SLCT) to help students from black and…
Freshfields partners with Stephen Lawrence charity to provide scholarships to aspiring black lawyers David Stevenson Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is launching a scholarship with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (SLCT) to help students from black and…
Diversity – Bridging the Gap Legal Business Scan the figures from this year’s Legal Business 100 survey and it seems that little has changed when it comes…
Leading ladies Legal Business Positive discrimination for men? Only in Turkey. Legal Business analyses a legal market where female commercial lawyers almost always top…
