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Law Society publishes guidance to support disabled students
To coincide with the start of Disability History Month, we have published guidance to support disabled students through their studies and in the workplace.
16 Nov 2023
Becoming a solicitor as a disabled student
This guidance explains the support available for disabled students throughout training and joining the profession.
16 Nov 2023
Celebrating Disability History Month 2023
This Disability History Month, join us in celebrating and raising awareness of disability rights, equality and inclusion in the legal profession and wider society.
16 Nov 2023
Lawyers seek a more effective response to increased levels of anxiety post-pandemic
Chris Owen discusses why lawyers are seeking a more effective response to anxiety as offices consider re-opening.
27 Jun 2023
Seminar for deputy High Court judge applicants
The judicial office is holding a seminar for deputy High Court judge applicants, on Tuesday 23 November 2021, ahead of the expected recruitment exercise in...
27 Jun 2023
HIV: education is key
What does fair treatment in the workplace look like to someone diagnosed with HIV? To mark UK Disability History Month and World AIDS Day, Kirsty...
27 Jun 2023
“My life was 'work hard, play hard'”
Meet Yasmin Sheikh. Yasmin discusses how waking up one day paralysed from the waist down, aged just 29, changed life, and work, for her.
02 Feb 2023
Project Rise adds more firms offering part-time training
A cross-firm scheme initiated by the Law Society of England and Wales’ Disabled Solicitors Network is today welcoming new firms who will offer solicitor training...
07 Dec 2022
Impact story: supporting workplace adjustments at BCLP
BCLP introduced a disability passporting scheme. Find out how this has helped disabled employees feel more confident at work.
07 Dec 2022
"Sharing my disability story was the best decision I ever made"
Reena Parmar shares her experience in the law as a disabled woman from an ethnic minority and a lower socio-economic background, and why intersectional role...
29 Nov 2022
Project Rise – a part-time training initiative
Project Rise is a cross-firm enterprise initiated by the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network (DSN), that seeks to encourage more part-time training opportunities to be...
25 Nov 2022
Impact story: focus on autism at Herbert Smith Freehills
Herbert Smith Freehills set out to be more inclusive of neurodiversity in the workplace. Learn how its autism initiative has started to generate positive change.
05 Oct 2022
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