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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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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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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

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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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Read: Paralegal speaks of journey from brain injury to blossoming career

October 21, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

A law graduate who feared his career was over after a horrific car crash has talked about his remarkable recovery as he starts a new

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Read: Disability should not be treated as a diversity afterthought

September 28, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

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

August 27, 2022August 28, 2022 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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Listen: Business Disability Forum (BDF) Podcast – If you don’t mind me asking… – with Michael Vermeersch

August 20, 2022August 28, 2022 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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Listen: Business Disability Forum (BDF) Podcast – If you don’t mind me asking… – with Samantha Renke

August 13, 2022August 28, 2022 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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