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Ask an ambassador: inclusive culture

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30 Sep 2021
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In this third episode of our 'ask an ambassador' podcast series, Alice is joined by fellow Social Mobility Ambassadors Helen Shay and Julie Condliffe to explore inclusive cultures within workplaces and throughout the profession, particularly in the context of social mobility

Alice, Julie and Helen also explore:

  • the impact of data collection and analysis of the workforce on inclusion
  • how organisations can use quantitative information to develop both inclusion and diversity

In partnership with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), PRIME and the Social Mobility Commission, we’re running a free virtual event on Tuesday 12 October 2021, looking at:

  • the challenges organisations face in collecting and using data to shape their social mobility strategy
  • why data is a key tool in supporting the profession to close the social mobility divide

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Host:

Alice Kinder (she/her)

Alice Kinder

Alice has an active role in the Birmingham legal community. She is chair of the Birmingham Law Society Social Mobility Sub-Committee, and also sits on the Birmingham Law Society Council and Equality and Diversity Committee.

Alice became a social mobility ambassador for the Law Society in 2021.

Speakers:

Julie Condliffe (she/her)

Julie is a black woman with long curly hair, wearing a blue suit. She is sitting in front of a white background and wears a white shirt.

Julie Condliffe is social mobility ambassador and the founding partner at Creative Legal Solutions Solicitors t/a Creative Legals. 

An atypical solicitor who was born and grew up in Zimbabwe, Julie worked at Dentons and many other law firms before setting up her law practice. Her unenviable background and desire for change are what propels her to champion diversity and inclusion.

Her goal is to empower other people from an “underprivileged background” and, for them, be the senior visual representation she wishes she had when she started, as we all need that. Her message is simple, “if I can do it, so can you”.

Helen Shay (she/her)

Helen is a white woman with long blonde hair. She is wearing a red suit jacket and a black top with a light grey striped pattern on it. She is standing in front of a white background and is smiling.

Helen Shay commenced her career in private practice, specialising in commercial property, but has since spent most of her time as in-house General Counsel across several sectors, including High Street Retail (Next plc), FS (Financial Ombudsman Service and Skipton Building Society) and Higher Education (York University), as well as currently serving on the board of Universities Superannuation Scheme and with charity/not-for-profit bodies.

She has focused on various legal areas, including equality-related and previously sat on a regional CPS Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel.

Helen became a social mobility ambassador for the Law Society in 2021.

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