You may have recently seen in the press, the BBC announced new measures to reflect more diverse voices on TV, Radio & News. BBC Academy, are hosting several BAME Talent Days across the UK to help the BBC attract experts & future presenters from diverse backgrounds. See Press Release:http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bame-talent-days Please have a look at the…
The Law Society President, Andrew Caplen, is confirmed as a Guest of Honour at the 5th UK Diversity Legal Awards taking place later this year in London. A BSN initiative, the UK Diversity Legal Awards are the only industry awards which focus solely on recognising and promoting, equality and inclusion across the legal profession. Mr…
BBC Radio Vanessa Feltz Show, Yorkshire Post, p7, The Times, p4 Joy Merriam, chair of the Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee, challenged Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes over the impact of LASPO and court closures while speaking on the BBC’s Vanessa Feltz show this morning. The programme will be available on the BBC iPlayer…
The Judicial Appointments Commission will be launching five selection exercises in September. 00931: Bankruptcy Registrar Expected launch date: Tuesday 02 September 2014 00933: Chancery Master Expected launch date: Tuesday 02 September 2014 00923 Senior Circuit Judge – Designated Family Judge (Manchester) Expected launch date: Thursday 04 September 2014 00935: Fee-paid Deputy Judge of the Upper…
Solicitors and firms from across the ‘world’s most respected legal system’ have won through to the final stages of the Law Society Excellence Awards 2014. Individual solicitors are competing in categories that include the Gazette Legal Personality of the Year, junior lawyer of the year and solicitor advocate of the year. Finalists in the firms’…
Black Solicitors Network (BSN) CEO and board member, Cordella Bart Stewart has been shortlisted for a Law Society Excellence Award, in the category of “Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the Year”. This particular is award is presented to a person who represents the very best of the profession and what it symbolises to the…
