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Black Inclusion Report Commercial Bar

We at the Black Solicitors Network are delighted to share the black inclusion report created by the Equality and Diversity Sub-Committees of COMBAR, ChBA and TECBAR which have commissioned a report on the level of black inclusion within the Bar. Below you will find excerpts of the Black Inclusion Report. In June 2020, the Equality…

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Event Recording | BSN/Halo/Linklaters – Halo Code: Building a future without hair discrimination | 26 July 5.30pm

Click here to watch the recording! Following our campaign in March 2021 calling on law firms and legal service providers to adopt the Halo Code, we are delighted to have collaborated with the Halo Collective and global law firm Linklaters to bring you this informative seminar ‘Halo Code: Building a future without hair discrimination’ featuring Paulette…

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Event Recording | The Need for Disruption: Diversity League Table/Study 2020 Launch Event 25.05.21

The Diversity League Table (DLT) is sponsored by The Law Society and has been widely considered to be the legal profession’s leading diversity reporting initiative and publication.  With this edition, we aim to inspire law firms, Chambers and other organisations in shaping your initiatives, culture and strategy to help shift the dial on gender and…

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Feature: Applications open for Black Solicitors Network Grassroots Programme | University of Bristol Law School

Read here on the University of Bristol’s website | Press release issued: 7 June 2021 The Law School is delighted to be working in partnership with the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) as one of the sponsors for the BSN Grassroots Programme, a unique offering designed to promote and increase equality of access to the legal profession…

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Feature: Linklaters partners with Black Solicitors Network on The Grassroots Programme

Read here on Linklaters’ website | 16 June 2021 Global law firm Linklaters has partnered with the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) in launching The Grassroots Programme, a bespoke and intensive programme supporting Black undergraduates studying at Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan, Bristol and Salford universities in the pursuit of a career in law. The Programme, which starts in September…

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Launch: BSN Grassroots – Unlocking potential for career success

Share this news On LinkedIn | On Twitter | On Instagram BSN is pleased to announce the launch of the BSN Grassroots Programme in partnership with Linklaters (Headline Sponsor), The University of Manchester (Headline Sponsor), The Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Bristol Law School and The University of Salford. Thanks to the Programme’s sponsors for…

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Event recording | BSN Hot Topics: Countdown to SQE with the SRA | 2 June 21 at 6pm

Click here to watch the recording! Thank you to those who attended yesterday evening’s event BSN Hot Topics: Introduction to SQE with Julie Brannan, Director of Education and Training, Solicitors Regulation Authority and Jo Connolloy, Vice Chair of the Sole Practitioners Group.  The event was hosted by BSN Director and Co-founder, Cordella Bart-Stewart OBE. We…

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Legal Futures feature: Black solicitors occupying senior roles is “key to success”

Read the article here on Legal Futures | by Dan Bindman | 2 June 2021 One-off training sessions and general employee wellbeing schemes do not go far enough to ensure diversity and inclusion, and nothing short of ethnic minority lawyers occupying senior roles in firms will show real change has occurred, according to a report…

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The Need for Disruption: Diversity League Table/Study 2020 Launch

BLACK SOLICITORS NETWORK LAUNCHES LATEST DIVERSITY LEAGUE TABLE / STUDY Click here to view the digital copy! Offering a new and compelling insight into the state of diversity and inclusion (D&I) within the legal sector, the latest edition of the Diversity League Table (DLT), DLT2020, is now available. Published by the Black Solicitors Network (BSN)…