Black Lives Matter
Meet the Bar’s first reverse mentor and mentee
The pilot scheme’s first pairing, <em>Elisha Lindsay </em> and <em>Paul Stanley QC </em>,
share their thoughts on the BSB’s reverse mentoring initiative
and what they have learned from each other so far
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No place for systemic racism
<p>How systemic racism affects the Bar, an audit of the
profession’s progress so far, and the structural, cultural and
personal change required for meaningful action </p><p><em>By </em><em>Amit Popat </em> </p>
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Barristers look like... Alexandra Wilson
<p>Tackling ‘isms’ from the inside and making global headlines – a remarkable young barrister shares her experience of defying the odds, breaking into an elite profession and challenging attitudes to race and class in the justice system </p><p><em>By Alexandra Wilson </em> </p>
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What the Bar can learn from... trade unions on equality of opportunity
Unions aren’t an obvious port of call for those at the Bar seeking inspiration for how to widen access and develop talent but we have a number of challenges in common, writes <em>Ijeoma Omambala QC </em>
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We need to talk about race: a mid-term report
Microaggressions in court and everyday racism: what white colleagues don’t have to put up with and a 10-step plan for improving diversity and inclusion. By <em>Professor Leslie Thomas QC </em>
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A rounded advocate: Sally Penni MBE
Recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to diversity in the workplace, social mobility and law, <em>Sally Penni MBE </em> talks about her projects outside the courtroom and her driving forces
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Opinion: Judges' MRA - sitting to 75 or beyond
Retaining experience or stifling diversity and preserving inequality? An analysis of the BAME impact of the consultation - have your say before it closes on 16 October 2020
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Opinion: The algorithm of injustice
<p>Beyond the intrusiveness of automated facial recognition is concern about ‘false positives’ and potential for racial bias in the technology </p><p><strong style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">By Sailesh Mehta and Shahid Khan</strong> </p>
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Breaking moulds
Speak up and speak out, or we simply pay lip service to equality: a personal account of being ‘othered’ at the Bar and why together we are stronger. By <em>Sunyana Sharma </em><strong></strong>
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Diversity at the Bar: where do we go from here?
Just when we could see progress in diversity finally finding traction, the loss of so many colleagues threatens to set us back years, if not decades – <em>Jo Sidhu QC </em> and <em>Elaine Banton </em> share some positive ideas to support and build diversity<strong> </strong>
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