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Read: “My neurodivergence is a benefit in my role” – Arwen Makin

December 16, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Meet Arwen Makin, senior crown prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and co-chair of the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network. Learn how Arwen’s autism

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Accessibility Quick Tips: How to edit the alternative text for a post on Instagram

December 15, 2022February 25, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Where possible you should make sure that you are using Alt text image descriptions when posting content on social media so that your content is

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Law Society Case Study: Supporting Workplace Adjustments at BCLP

December 9, 2022January 1, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

BCLP introduced a disability passporting scheme, so those who require workplace adjustments retain them even when their role or manager changes. Find out how this

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Law Society: Project Rise

December 8, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Project Rise is a cross-firm enterprise initiated by the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network (DSN), that seeks to encourage more part-time training opportunities to be

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Accessibility Quick Tips: How to Add Alternative Text to Images for Accessibility on LinkedIn

December 7, 2022February 25, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Where possible you should make sure that you are using Alt text image descriptions when posting content on social media so that your content is

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Read: New Disability Action Plan confirmed for 2023

December 6, 2022July 3, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The UK Government has announced a new disability action plan. The new Disability Action Plan will be consulted on and published in 2023. The new

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Read: It’s disability, not inability – that’s why I want to be remembered! – Dame Fiona Woolf DBE DL

December 2, 2022January 1, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Read the full article here.

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Read: “Sharing my disability story was the best decision I ever made” – Reena Parmar

December 1, 2022January 1, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Meet Reena Parmar, a senior knowledge lawyer at Freshfields specialising in debt capital markets, and chair of the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network (DSN). Reena

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Read: No More Holding Back

November 30, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

From recruitment to career progression, can the legal profession turn around its poor performance on the experience of disabled solicitors? Eduardo Reyes reports in the Law Gazette.

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News Update: Co-chair appointed to BSL Board advising Government on key issues for Deaf people

November 29, 2022December 30, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

The Minister for Disabled People, Tom Pursglove, has appointed Craig Crowley MBE FRSA as co-chair of the new British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board, which

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