BSB Chair vacancy for posting
The Bar Standards Board are currently recruiting a new Vice Chair for 2016. Applications are being accepted until noon on Monday 9 November 2015. For full information visit the BSB website:
UK Diversity Legal Awards 2015: Shortlist Announced
The finalists of the 2015 UK Diversity Legal Awards (judged categories) are: Company or Team Awards: Recruitment/Attracting Talent: Freshfields Hogan Lovells Linklaters Retention/Talent Management: Winner to be announced on the night Individual Awards: BSN Rising Star: Rashida Abdulai (Associate, Hogan Lovells) Shaunée James (Associate, Reed Smith) Diversity Champion: Sundeep Bhatia, Solicitor, Beaumonde Law Practice Sophie…
Law Society calls for legal aid to be exempt from consumer contract rules
Many Black Lawyers Navigate a Rocky, Lonely Road to Partner
Only a relative handful of African-American lawyers persevere on the years-long path to joining a law firm’s lucrative leadership circle. Jimmie L. McMillian’s path to partnership in an Indianapolis law firm might seem unexceptional — except for a few telling details. He left behind the South Side of Chicago, where he grew up in a family troubled…
UK Diversity Legal Awards: Keynote speakers confirmed
Law Society President Jonathan Smithers and high court judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Dingemans, will be the keynote speakers and guests of honour at the 2015 UK Diversity Legal Awards presentation dinner. This prestigious black-tie event will take place on the 24th November at the Grange Tower Hill Hotel in London. Presenting the awards this…