March 2018
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The seminar focused on opportunities for improving diversity and inclusion in the legal profession - focusing on key challenges for practitioners, regulators and wider stakeholders.
Key areas for discussion on the day included:
- Regulatory priorities: next steps for implementing new guidance, developing existing data collection initiatives and priorities for delivering improved outcomes;
- Legal education and qualification: looking at the forthcoming introduction of the centralised Solicitors Qualifying Examination, as well as the growth of legal apprenticeships and their implications for access to the profession;
- Legal recruitment: how to address common barriers to diversity and improving recruitment practices - looking at the use of criteria for judging candidates, university engagement and the impact of unconscious bias training; and
- Workplace cultures: including challenges for ensuring inclusive working hours, opportunities around court modernisation, diversity in career progression, and priorities for enhancing staff well-being.
