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Listen: Business Disability Forum (BDF) Podcast – If you don’t mind me asking… – with Lucy Ruck and Daniel Cadey

August 6, 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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Read: An Accessibility Journey for the Bar – Gregory Burke

April 14, 2022April 13, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

In this month’s edition of ⁦Counsel Magazine (p10-11)⁩, Dr Gregory Burke shares lessons learnt as a disabled barrister and a call to action for chambers.

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Read: “If sharing my experiences and what I’ve achieved can help inspire people, then I think it’s important for me to do”: Mark Blois

April 1, 2022April 18, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Mark Blois tells us about his 25-year career as a nationally acclaimed lawyer specialising in education law, recently being included in the 2021 Disability Power

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Read: Let’s make legal services truly autism-inclusive – Law Society Gazette

March 28, 2022January 2, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Only 22% of autistic adults in the UK are in any kind of employment according to 2021 ONS data, the lowest rate for any disability classification.

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Read: Living with Crohn’s disease – Rhian Hooton

March 25, 2022April 18, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Every month, the Law Society asks a member of one of our diversity and inclusion (D&I) networks to share their story. Read Rhian Hooton’s story

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Read: The need for different minds – Julie Jaggin

March 22, 2022March 26, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is the perfect time to acknowledge and recognise the many strengths and talents that come from thinking and perceiving the world differently.

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Read: From access to inclusion: neurodiversity at work

February 13, 2022March 8, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Making reasonable adjustments at recruitment and employment stages can be invaluable for all disabled candidates, but what do these adjustments look like for neurodivergent people?

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Read: Fairness in the legal profession by Yasmin Sheikh

January 27, 2022January 30, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Director and trainer at Diverse Matters and vice chair of the Law Society’s Lawyers with Disabilities network, Yasmin Sheikh, shares her experience of suddenly becoming

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Read: My journey as a senior leader

December 17, 2021January 8, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

For Disability History Month, the Law Society interviewed Senior Leader – Wendy Hardaker CB. Wendy qualified as a solicitor in 1997 having joined the Government

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Read: My legal life: Harriet Quiney, DWF

December 14, 2021January 8, 2022 Lawyers with Disabilities

Harriet Quiney is neurodivergent and a partner at DWF In this article for the Law Gazette she talks us through her legal life, her experiences

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