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HSF launches international disability network

Herbert Smith Freehills has launched a disability network after its 2014 audit revealed over 6% of the firm's London and Belfast employees have a disability.
2 minute read

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Linklaters among firms winning spots on Times list of best employers for women

Linklaters and Olswang are among the six law firms ranking in a list of top 50 female employers for women in the UK.
2 minute read

International Edition

The Woolf of Walbrook: Fiona Woolf's rise from McKenna's first female partner to Lord Mayor of London

City lawyer and Lord Mayor of London, Fiona Woolf, tells Pui-Guan Man she didn't get where she is today by being afraid to ask
10 minute read

International Edition

Macfarlanes adopts 'CV-blind' policy in 2014 graduate recruitment round

Macfarlanes has adopted a 'CV-blind' policy for places on its vacation schemes in an effort to increase diversity at the firm.
3 minute read

International Edition

Shell, Credit Suisse in talks to adopt CMS e-training initiative

CMS Cameron McKenna (CMS UK) is in talks with a number of clients, including Royal Dutch Shell and Credit Suisse, over adapting the firm's e-learning diversity programme for their own use.
2 minute read

International Edition

Future law firm leaders share ambitious plans to transform the profession

Diligent, hardworking, ambitious, creative – young lawyers making their mark in the profession have long demonstrated these common characteristics.
4 minute read

International Edition

Barclays to partner with panel firms for university work experience scheme

Barclays' in-house team is to offer work experience places to undergraduates, amid plans to launch legal apprenticeships from 2015.
3 minute read

International Edition

HSF sets 30% target for female partners by 2019

Herbert Smith Freehills has become the latest firm to push gender diversity up the agenda, setting a 30% target for female partners, by 2019. The gender target is set in two stages: by May 2017 at least 25% of the partnership will be women and by May 2019 at least 30% of the partnership will be women.
2 minute read

International Edition

Pinsent Masons to address gender imbalance with 30% female partner target

Pinsent Masons has launched a suite of initiatives aimed at increasing its number of female partners to 30%, with an initial target of 25% set for May 2018. 'Project Sky', which is being led by employment partner Linda Jones, seeks to remove any barriers to the progression of women to partnership and senior leadership.
3 minute read

International Edition

Diane Abbott: US firms "more sensitive to issues of diversity" than UK counterparts

Diane Abbott MP has said US law firms are ahead of their UK peers when it comes to workplace diversity and promoting opportunities for black and ethnic minority groups. Speaking today (30 January) at an event hosted by Pinsent Masons' London office, Abbott also put forward a "practical and business case" for diversity in the UK legal services industry.
3 minute read

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