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NewsIBA 2020: Virtual reality provides 'immersive' sexual harassment training
International Bar Association announces latest move in campaign against harassment and bullying.
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NewsFreshfields' first female senior partner overwhelmed by support
Georgia Dawson tells Next 100 Years event the significance of her appointment did not immediately sink in.
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NewsSolicitor will head Cambridge college
Financial regulation specialist Loretta Minghella succeeds Lord Grabiner QC.
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NewsIranian human rights lawyer wins ‘alternative Nobel prize’ from cell
Nasrin Sotoudeh recognised for ‘unrelenting commitment to justice’.
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NewsMidlands firms join forces and commit to expansion plans
Coventry firm dating back more than 200 years has brought another practice on board.
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NewsHigh Court welcomes three new solicitor-judges
Her Honour Judge Mary Stacey, Rowena Collins Rice and Adam Johnson QC to join the bench.
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NewsClifford Chance sets sweeping diversity targets
Magic circle firm sets its first LGBT+ and ethnicity goals in a new inclusion strategy.
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NewsSolicitor described as ‘pushy’ suffered sex discrimination
City lawyer was unfairly criticised in her appraisal after raising issue of unequal pay.
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NewsRemembering Eirian, a council pioneer
In 1977 Eirian Evans was the first woman to be elected to the Law Society council.
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News'Completely exhausted': women in law highlight Covid-19 struggles
Survey attracts 900 responses highlighting pressures faced by those with and without children.
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NewsGender pay gap narrows at Irwin Mitchell
National firm announces a gender pay gap of 10.3%, down from 12.8% last year.
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NewsWarning over transgender guidance to judges
Lawyers say guidance in Equal Treatment Bench Book fails to highlight conflicts between transgender and women’s rights.
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NewsCornwall solicitor dares and wins (so far)
Elouise Gregor survives close combat murderball and surf immersion in TV real life challenge.
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NewsWomen partner numbers up at City firms
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 53 partners globally, with female lawyers making up 42%.
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NewsIt was 100 years ago today: Profession marks opening to women
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act received royal assent on 23 December 1919.
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NewsMajor record label signs up City solicitor
Clare McConnell is a former chair of the Association of Women Solicitors.
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NewsJudiciary will have gender equality, Hale tells bar - by 2033
Lady Hale tells the bar conference that the higher courts still have a long way to go.
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News‘Shaking with shock’ – calls for investigation follow Gazette disclosure of secret CPS rape targets
Reactions from lawyers, political leaders and campaigners.
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NewsExclusive: ‘perverse incentive’ contributed to slump in rape charges
Pressure to meet 60% conviction target led to cases being dropped by CPS.