The SRA is seeking two new lay Board members to take up post in January 2019. If you are interested in joining the SRA’s Board, further information can be found here: https://www.saxbam.com/appointment/solicitors-regulation-authority/
The Black Solicitors Network is an award winning not-for-profit organisation of 20+ years standing, committed to achieving equality of access, retention and promotion of black solicitors. Our membership has grown markedly over the years, but we remain keen to encourage more like-minded individuals to join our network. Membership is open to aspiring and practising solicitors/lawyers and non-lawyers…
Dear Members, We hope you’re enjoying the summer and are looking forward to some well-deserved time off. Before that, we wanted to share with you our pipeline of initiatives and events for the coming months. We hope you will agree these present exciting opportunities to get involved with BSN’s unique platform of services which benefit its members and stakeholders alike….
Council Summary 21 March 2018 CEO Report to Council
Happy New Year! 2018 is set to be an eventful year for BSN, but before we roll out our exciting pipeline of events so far, we wanted to share with you a few highlights from 2017. We launched the 2017 edition of BSN’s Diversity League Table: 10-year Study (DLT2017). Sponsored by The Law Society, the…
BSN reported in November 2017 that the Law Society intended to issue proceedings for a judicial review of the government’s decision to implement further cuts to payments made to solicitors doing criminal legal aid work. On the 25th January 2018, the Law Society issued proceedings. The further cut to criminal legal aid payments was implemented…
NEWSLETTER MAY 2017 Dear Colleague, We are delighted to share with you our pipeline of initiatives and events for the coming months. We hope you will agree these present exciting opportunities to get involved with BSN’s unique platform of services which benefit its members and stakeholders alike. We appreciate and welcome your ongoing support for our work in…
We were delighted to launch and release the findings of the 2017 edition of BSN’s Diversity League Table: 10-year Study (DLT2017) at a launch event hosted by Latham & Watkins on 19 June 2017. By way of background, BSN’s Diversity League Table (DLT) was first published in 2006 and is an…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is carrying out research into the career choices of Female and Black and Asian Minority Ethnic solicitors. We want to know what more can be done to improve the representation of Women and BAME solicitors in senior roles in law firms. We want to know what your firm is doing and…
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve been featured in the Solicitor’s Journal article ‘Valuing Diversity Increasingly Important to Lawyers’ Read the article by clicking the link below. http://www.solicitorsjournal.com/news/legal-profession/barristers/27360/valuing-diversity-increasingly-important-lawyers
