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BLAGG - Bar Lesbian and Gay Group
Hassan Khan and Claire Fox, Co-Chairs of the Bar Lesbian and Gay Group, on expanding the remit of BLAGG. Is it OK to be Gay at the Bar? Will the Bar Standards Board’s new Equality... read moreFair Access to Professional Careers: A progress report
profession‘It is clear that the legal sector is starting to make real efforts to address fair access and social mobility’, is a conclusion of the Independent Reviewer on Social... read moreDiversity in the Courts
judiciaryThe Crime and Courts Bill which was introduced after the Queen’s Speech provides for major changes in judicial appointments. It follows on the Ministry of Justice... read moreEnd of term report
David Pittaway QC, Chair of the Neuberger Monitoring and Implementation Working Group until the end of 2011, reports on the progress that has been made at the Bar in improving access to... read moreMore women become judges
JudiciaryWomen have done well in the latest Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) rounds. read moreAssociation of Women Barristers
Fiona Jackson reports back from the anniversary dinner held at the House of Lords to celebrate twenty years of the Association of Women Barristers. On Tuesday 4th October... read moreDPP praises equality and diversity rule
Bar code of conductKeir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has backed new equality and diversity provisions that are to be included in the Bar Code of Conduct and Practising Rules. read moreThe right to be open at the Bar
BLAGG provides both a social group and a support network for gay barristers. It also campaigns for equal rights, writes Christopher Rogers. Unlike other minorities it is... read moreCOMBAR takes positive action
DiversityThe Commercial Bar Association (“COMBAR”) has published a menu of action to address the “unjustifiable” under-representation of women and black and ethnic minority groups within chambers. read moreDiversity in the legal profession
Barristers’ chambers should adopt formal, regulated mentoring schemes to encourage diversity, a Legal Services Board (“LSB”) report has recommended. read morePages
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