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SRA defends omitting sex from 'inclusive' diversity questions
Regulator changed format in 2017 to ask about gender rather than sex.
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Clyde appoints 24 new partners in record round - but just two women
International firm Clyde & Co has today announced its biggest-ever partner promotion round – but over 90% of the new appointees are men. Of 24 lawyers elevated to equity partner status, up from 12 last year, seven are based in the UK. They are: Rebecca Armstrong, Guildford (Marine); Eleanor Coates, ...
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Ditch percentages in ‘flawed’ gender pay gap reports, say stats experts
Royal Statistical Society recommends 10 steps for better pay gap reporting.
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Taylor Wessing and Eversheds Sutherland delivering on gender diversity pledges
International firm promotes five to partner, of which three are women.
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Eight women in 34-strong A&O partner promotion round
Magic circle firm promotes 14 in the City and 34 globally.
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One woman among eight new Freshfields partners in London
Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has elected eight new partners in London in its latest 22-strong appointment round. One is a woman - Vanessa Jakovich in global transactions. The other London promotions are: Tom Clark and Oliver Marsden in dispute resolution; Aled Batey, Keir MacLennan, Cyrus Pocha and Roger ...
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Allen & Overy solicitor prosecuted over Weinstein NDA
SRA chief executive reveals disciplinary process moved forward last week.
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Female partners paid more than male counterparts at two leading firms
Hogan Lovells also joins list of firms reporting an ethnicity pay gap.
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As a matter of urgency
Exactly 100 years ago today, the Law Society Council voted to allow women into the profession.
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Slaughter and May bows to pressure on gender pay reports
Firm includes partners in annual data return after criticism last year for perceived lack of transparency.
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Clifford Chance reports sexuality and disability pay gap
Gender pay gap widens slightly in most categories but data for other characteristics breaks new ground.
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Hijab protest lawyer gets 33 years after secret trial
According to rights campaigners, Nasrin Sotoudeh has been found guilty on seven charges.
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Linklaters achieves 20% female partnership for first time
Firm has revealed details of latest round of promotions.
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News focus: Equality still a work in progress
New Law Society research confirms that tackling unconscious bias, fair pay and promoting widespread flexible working are key elements needed to achieve gender equality in the legal profession.
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International Women's Day: is partnership a postcode lottery?
Thousands of women lawyers reveal what is holding them back at work in landmark Law Society research. One factor is where they live.
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Lawyers drawing up NDAs could be breaking the law, MPs told
Academic tells select committee that some solicitors ‘out of kilter’ with professional duties.
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Travers Smith operations chief moves to head KPMG legal services arm
Legal Operations & Transformation Services now runs in four countries.
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Compensation boost for crime victims who lived with attacker
Ministry of Justice lays down statutory instrument to scrap 'same-roof' rule.
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Judge ignores family commitment pleas to demand application
Criminal bar chief says representative bodies will draft their own protocol for reasonable working hours if they have to.
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Reporting harassment incidents and outcomes should be mandatory, urges lawyer
Managing director of Didlaw says harassment should be taken into same ’name and shame’ territory as gender pay regulations.