diversity
To us, diversity goes beyond ensuring equal
opportunities and preventing discrimination. It is about
recognising the strengths and qualities unique to you and ensuring
you have the opportunity to learn, develop and to be treated with
dignity and respect. Confident that we are doing the right things
and keen to improve, we are signatories to the Law Society
diversity and inclusion charter.
Here are some of the things in which we are
involved:
- being positive about disabled people, being Job Centre two
ticks scheme accredited
- supporting working mums-to-be through the Tommy’s pregnancy
accreditation scheme
- ensuring access to development for all our people is taken
seriously, recognising that our strength stems from our people;
reflected in our long standing IIP status and industry awards
- transparent approach to diversity, proudly publishing our
annual diversity statistics and benchmarking across the legal
industry
- regularly auditing pay, promotion and demographics; our equal
pay and diversity audit has run annually since 2002
- working with local schools to promote legal careers for those
with underprivileged backgrounds
- promoting work in the local communities to educate against
stereotypes
- equal opportunities promoted to our suppliers, including
recruitment agencies
- providing comprehensive training to the whole firm on an annual
basis
- achieving an honourable mention in the recent diversity and
inclusion charter annual report