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Diversity and inclusion
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First woman solicitor honoured by Law Society

The Law Society will be naming a room after the first woman solicitor to honour her.

28 Jun 2020

Women in Leadership in Law
Blog

Diane Gilhooley takes the anniversary of the Pledge’s launch to review what it has meant to Eversheds Sutherland LLP and the wider profession and gives her thoughts on the future.

17 Jun 2020

Diversity and inclusion
Feature

Easy tips for gender inclusion

We’ve compiled a short list of tips which can help promote gender inclusion in the workplace.

16 Jun 2020

Women lawyers
Blog

The waiting game – is the face of the legal profession really changing?

Sarah Deacon rounds up the main talking points from Wesleyan Financial Services' panel sessions that addressed the main challenges women lawyers continue to face in career progression.

08 Jun 2020

Lady Justice statue with woman working in the background on laptop

Women lawyers
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Lawyers in lockdown: Law and leadership

Amandeep Khasriya discusses the challenges lawyers are facing in lockdown.

19 May 2020

Women lawyers
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Driving pay equality in the legal sector

Aoife Whitford talks about the need for better data to create meaningful improvement in pay equality, and invites firms to take a short survey to gauge the sector’s willingness to participate in a detailed survey of the legal sector’s gender, BAME, LGBTQ+, and disabled employee pay equality.

14 May 2020