Herbert Smith is set to pilot unconscious bias training for its partners next month, as the firm aims to boost gender diversity within its senior ranks.

The firm will enrol 20 of its London partners in the training pilot on 30 May this year, before rolling it out to partners firmwide. The training is intended to draw attention to unconscious behaviour that could hinder the number of women making it into the partnership.

The move, part of a renewed push to address gender diversity at the firm, comes after Herbert Smith set up a gender committee in September last year – comprising 10 male and female partners from across its network – which worked alongside the firm's HR team to compile a gender report centred around five new initiatives.