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Read: “Autism isn’t often associated with empathy. But I was named a Legal Hero for helping others.” Martin Whitehorn

November 28, 2023November 29, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Meet Martin Whitehorn, residential property solicitor at Julie West Solicitors. He was diagnosed with autism at a young age and his mother was told he

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Listen: Business Disability Forum (BDF) Podcast – If you don’t mind me asking… – with Isaac Harvey

November 26, 2023January 14, 2024 Lawyers with Disabilities

Hosted by Business Disability Forum’s Taskforce Manager, Lucy Ruck and Senior Disability Business Partner, Daniel Cadey, “If you don’t mind me asking…” podcast explores the

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Read: My Legal Life “Vocal On Hearing Loss” – Hugh Strickland, Aaron and Partners Solicitors

November 12, 2023November 11, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

In the recent Law Society Gazette Magazine you can read Hugh Strickland’s “My Legal Life” article. Read the full article here.

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Read: “You’ll never make it as a Barrister…” By Kevin Athow

August 18, 2023August 19, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

In this article in The Barrister you can read about Kevin Athow’s journey to becoming a Barrister. Read the full article here.

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Read: “All you can see is dark”: dealing with depression as a small firm leader – Nigel Pullen

June 28, 2023July 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Nigel Pullen built his small firm from the ground up almost 40 years ago, but the journey wasn’t always easy. In this Law Society article

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Listen: Living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) podcast

June 25, 2023June 24, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Check out the latest in the AbilityRE ‘Living with’ series as the incredible Alex Wilson of CBRE shares with us her personal lived experience. Alex

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Read: ‘I became Billy No-Mates’: a disabled magistrate in an inaccessible court

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The chair of the Magistrates with Disabilities Network, who wears a prosthetic leg to court, tells the Guardian how inaccessible legal buildings have left him feeling excluded during his

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Read: Demystifying Dyslexia in Law – Freya Cumpsty

April 28, 2023June 24, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Freya Cumpsty is a solicitor apprentice at Stephenson Harwood. In this article she she discusses her diagnosis, her experience as a solicitor apprentice and pursuing

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Read: Anna Vroobel: “what should matter is that the work is being done and clients are being given the best service.”

March 3, 2023March 5, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Anna shares her experience of flexible working in practice in this recent article from the Law Society and shares how flexibility in her working hours

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Read: “My life was ‘work hard, play hard’” – Yasmin Sheikh

February 3, 2023February 4, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Meet Yasmin Sheikh. Yasmin woke up one day paralysed from the waist down, aged just 29. It changed life – and work – for her

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