Evaluating the composition of the legal profession
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- EVALUATION OF LEGAL PROFESSION
- WOMEN
- More women than men graduating in law
- Increase in the number of women entrants to both Barristers' and Solicitors' professions
- 49% of Solicitors are Women
- Very few women at the higher levels in legal professions
- 15% of QC's are Women
- Less likely to be partners at a firm.
- 22% of women are firm partners
- "Obstacles & Barriers to the Career Development of Women Solicitors" - REPORT published in THE LAW SOCIETY 2010
- Lack of flexible working hours
- Organistionalculture, which was perceived as being traditional, conservative and male-dominated
- Long working hours with the 24/7 mindset
- Measurement of success was strongly linkd to the number of hours billed to clients
- Women were not prepared to challange the status quo or push themselves forward for promotion
- Lead to women being "in-house" lawyers
- More women than men graduating in law
- ETHNIC MINORITIES
- Black & minority ethinic groups (BME) are well represented at the bar
- 13% of practising Barristers were from an ethinic minority
- 6.5% of QCs are black, Asian or from an ethnic minority
- Ethnic minorities entrants have risen substantially
- Number of BME with a Practiscing Certificate rose from 5,009 in 2000 to 18,457 in 2015 making up 15% of practiscing Solicitors
- WOMEN
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