Warwick Law Fair employer diversity, equity and inclusion information

A&O Shearman

We have many Inclusion events, initiatives, intakes and opportunities on our dedicated website.Link opens in a new window

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer (UK) LLP

10,000 Black Interns Scheme

BACFI

BACFI is a membership organisation and we welcome members from all backgrounds. We do not offer any opportunities but can help with career guidance for those looking at working outside of the traditional Chambers setting.

Bevan Brittan LLP

• Rare recruitment
• 10K Black Interns
• British Irish University Commercial Awareness Competition
• Diversity & Inclusion Ambassadors across the firm

BPP Law School

BPP offers a range of scholarships to support students with the funding of their studies, we also offer the free 'Bridge Programme' to new students which helps develop employability skills and provides insights into the legal profession.

Bridging the Bar

The Bridging the Bar Academy was created to act as a “bridge” between today’s Bar and the diverse Bar that our society needs. Through our programme, candidates receive one-on-one mentoring with practising barristers, gain mini-pupillage experience, and access paid internships with the UK Supreme Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Law Commission.

CFG Law

Our purpose and values create a culture which aims to achieve the best working environment possible. We have made our website more accessible for clients, candidates and colleagues and last year published our diversity statistics. This is a positive step to improving our transparency and valuing diverse experiences and backgrounds. We’ve embraced the SRA’s new route to qualification and have developed and embedded an SQE programme to make becoming a lawyer more accessible and inclusive.

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP

We are proud to be using Rare Recruitment’s Contextual Recruitment System (CRS) which allows us to consider your achievements in the context in which they were gained. We understand that not every candidate’s achievements look the same on paper – and we want to recruit the best people, from every background.

Clyde & Co

• Bright Futures Programme (1st-year social mobility scheme)
• 10,000 Black Interns programme

Coventry Citizens Advice Bureau

Coventry Citizens Advice is committed to disabled people volunteering.

If you consider that you have a disability under the Equality Act 2020 and require any reasonable adjustments to be made in the recruitment process or volunteering subsequently if appointed, please make sure you tell us separately. We follow the social model of disability which believes that it is the barriers created by society which disable people. We will use reasonable adjustments wherever possible to remove those barriers.

Feldon Dunsmore Solicitors

Vacation and work experience scheme.

George Green LLP

We operate an equality and diversity policy.

Greenberg Traurig LLP

The firm has six DE&I networks:

1. Ability Network (disability support)
2. Pride Network
3. Social Mobility Network
4. Life Works Network (family support)
5. Race & Ethnicity Network
6. Women’s Initiative

HCR Law

If we collectively understand D&I, we understand one another better, we can spot potential in people from wider backgrounds and develop those who may not fit the usual stereotype but are actually a better fit for us. We're focusing on how we widen and diversify our talent pool to give us the best candidates for the job. You might have a personal connection with a particular initiative, or you might simply want to learn more. We have a full (and growing) calendar of EDI events across the firm.

Higgs LLP

Higgs LLP is proud to be a signatory of The Law Society’s Diversity, Inclusion Charter and a Disability Confident Committed Employer. These commitments reflect our dedication to building a workplace that is inclusive, accessible, and welcoming to all. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities.

Hogan Lovells International LLP

As a strategic priority for the firm, we run DE&I programmes with Rare Recruitment, Aspiring Solicitors, The Social Mobility Business Partnership, The Sutton Trust, and MyPlus. To find out more, please visit our website

Irwin Mitchell

All colleagues are welcome to join our D&I networks and their events, which feed into our D&I Board and strategy.

We’re committed to improving the diversity of our workforce, so that it mirrors the communities we serve. As part of this, we’re one of the Foundation Law Firm Participants in the UK Model Diversity Survey, are members of Inclusive Employers, and work with organisations such as Evenbreak and Aspiring Solicitors to amplify our job postings to underrepresented groups.

Judge & Priestley

Judge & Priestley is committed to promoting diversity, equality and inclusion throughout our business. We engage staff, contractors and suppliers on the basis of merit and make every effort to ensure that all of our processes are free from unlawful discrimination.

We are a signatory to the Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Charter, which recognises our commitment to this work and also provides a supportive framework for further development."

K&L Gates LLP

Programmes to help lawyers advance into partnership and leadership roles at the firm.

One of K&L Gates’ Opportunity and Inclusion goals is to build a stronger, diverse community at the firm. Across the global platform, our Women in the Profession Committee, Opportunity & Inclusion Committee, LGBTQ+ Subcommittee, Disability Inclusion Taskforce, and Veterans Taskforce refine and create new programmes and policies that reinforce our commitment to equal employment opportunity and inclusion.

Lanyon Bowdler

We believe in equality!

Lanyon Bowdler will not discriminate on the grounds of:

• race or colour;
• ethnic or national origin;
• sex;
• marital status;
• sexual orientation;
• disability;
• age; or
• religion

in any of the following:

• provision of services to clients or to discrete client groups;
• recruitment and selection of the Firm’s employees;
• treatment of any of the Firm’s, or its contractors’, employees, workers or contractors; and
• selection, approval and evaluation of any suppliers.

Latham & Watkins

We offer an open day for Black aspiring lawyers and for LGBTQ+ aspiring lawyers.

Mills & Reeve

Mills & Reeve champions Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing (DI&W), with a 2030 vision to lead in people experience. It supports five staff networks, runs awareness campaigns, inclusive policies, and joins schemes like Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. Outreach includes Reach into Schools, bursaries, and 10,000 Black Interns. Annual pay gap reports ensure accountability, with recognition from Race Equality Matters and Best Companies.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP

We partner with Rare Contextual Recruitment to ensure that our London trainee recruitment processes are fair and inclusive. No matter your perspective, you will find ways to connect with colleagues beyond your practice and office.

Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP

At Paul Hastings, we support equal opportunity with an emphasis on community, opportunity and inclusion for all. The firm is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment for everyone and supporting an elite team of professionals with a wide-ranging background and perspectives.

Proskauer Rose LLP

• CE&I Initiative at Proskauer
• Community engagement & inclusion task force alongside recruitment efforts

Rödl & Partner Legal Limited

We follow our Equal Opportunities policy but do not have specific schemes.

Ropes & Gray International LLP

Bridge to the City Scheme - Social Mobility Programme via SEO

Simmons & Simmons

We collaborate with 10,000 Black Interns who create thousands of paid internships for talented Black career starters. The foundation designs impactful programmes, delivering them at scale, reframes recruitment, and reshapes workplace culture.

We also work in partnership with Black Aspiring Solicitors Scheme (BASS), a strand of Aspiring Solicitors, who work to remove barriers to legal career entry for under-represented groups, and to increase meritocracy and inclusion in the profession.

Squire Patton Boggs

We look at the entire employee life cycle and center our goals around four strategic pillars: Career, Culture, Community, and Clients. As part of our action plan, we have introduced several measures to improve our approach to recruiting, retaining, and advancing employees. We strongly believe that working with our clients strengthens our ability and outreach. Those important collaborations help us to achieve maximum impact for our people, client interests, local communities, and the broader global community.

The Wilkes Partnership

Wilkes (‘the Firm’) is committed to achieving a working environment which provides equality of opportunity and freedom from unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, pregnancy, and maternity, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, disability, religion or beliefs, age, or sexual orientation.

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Partnerships with WCAN and Myplus and our We Further Women, PRIDE and Mosaic networks.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

We have a number of networking groups and formal initiatives that are designed to bring people together for support. These are BLAST (Black Lawyers Achieving Success Together), Women*@Weil, WeilPride, Belong@Weil, WeilAccessAbility, Multicultural Action Group, and Religion@Weil. Our employee networks are open to all and help us to create and nurture a better understanding of the unique issues facing communities and are an integral contributor to the success of our firm and its people.

Withers

Withers' ambition is to attract and retain the best people, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, socio-economic background and without other form of unlawful or unfair discrimination.

• Law Society Diversity Access Scheme
• PRIME Commitment
• Rare Contextual Recruitment System
• Stonewall Diversity Champion
• Law Firm Anti Racism Alliance
• 10,000 Black Interns
• Aspiring Solicitors