Black Lives Matter
What the Bar can learn from: Inclusion projects
<p>Why diversity in itself does not lead to stronger team performance, innovation or ideas – inclusion is the critical differentiator. <em>Jay Connolly </em>has some ideas for how the Bar could start its own Big Inclusion Project </p>
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Silks share insights with Women in the Law UK including Black Lives Matter at the Bar
Courtenay Griffiths QC discusses with Sally Penni barriers to BAME representation in the judiciary and Women in the Law UK will host a special <a href="https://www.womeninthelawuk.com/friday-3rd-july-blm-special-with-courtenay-griffiths/" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">Why Black Lives Matter</a> webinar on 3 July
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Bar journey: from quad to quad to quad
<p>But not the usual quadrangle – a rounded route to the Bar, insights gained, and finding improv as a creative outlet outside the intense world of law. By<em> Joel Semakula </em> </p>
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Righting wrongs: interview with Martin Forde QC
One year on from the launch of the Windrush compensation scheme, the silk who oversaw its design talks to <em>Natasha Shotunde </em> about the scandal, British attitudes to migration and citizenship, and misconceptions holding applicants back from rightful compensation
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Racial diversity at the Bar matters: by Leslie Thomas QC
<p>Let’s talk about race. Forget the guilt and take action. Bias is implicit and often unconscious. It takes great courage to change the system. It benefits us all. <em>By Leslie Thomas QC, Gresham Professor of Law </em> </p>
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Opinion: After Edward Colston, what next for our monuments to white supremacy?
<p><strong><em>By Timothy Kiely </em></strong><em><o:p></o:p> </em> </p>
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Book review: People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain
<p>By Hashi Mohamed </p><p>Profile Books (January 2020), <span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">ISBN 978-1788161121, H</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;">ardcover (320 pages)</span> </p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><em>Reviewed by </em></span><em>Malvika Jaganmohan </em><span style="background-color:transparent;color:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;white-space:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;"><br /></span> </p>
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Opinion: COVID-19's disproportionate toll
<p>Is it <em>really </em> true that COVID-19 is the virus that does not discriminate? <em>Glenn Parsons </em> investigates </p>
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Finding a way to serve
With mini pupillages and other work experience cancelled, <em>Zeenat Islam </em> explains how Learning for Lawyers – REDEFINED is helping to unlock the law for those struggling to access opportunities
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