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Mental Health & Wellbeing Read Shared Stories

Read: “I do the job to get justice for the most vulnerable in society” Kevin McManamon – Partner at Geldards

November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 Lawyers with Disabilities

Kevin McManamon’s career-long commitment to representing the rights of children in education and mental capacity law made him a worthy Legal Hero 2024. His work

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Read Shared Stories

Read: “I was hospitalised with burnout. Now my mission is to stop junior solicitors suffering the same fate” Donna Smith – Founder at Odonnata Coaching

November 4, 2024November 11, 2024 Lawyers with Disabilities

Meet Donna Smith, who helps junior lawyers deal with burnout. Discover how her own challenging experiences as a solicitor now underpin her work with others

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Flexible Working

Flexible Work Arrangements: A Key to Unlocking Talent in People with ELCs

March 18, 2024March 30, 2024 Lawyers with Disabilities

Flexibility is more than a buzzword; it’s a gateway to tapping into a pool of skilled, dedicated, and remarkably talented individuals who are disabled or

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Listen: The Legal Mind Podcast – Why firms should be addressing risks to mental health in the workplace.

December 17, 2023December 30, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Episode 31 of the Legal Mind Podcast: Why firms should be addressing risks to mental health in the workplace. In this edition of The Legal

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Support Tools & Resources

Resources: ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration and ADR

December 15, 2023December 31, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) recently launched their Guide to Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration and ADR. The guide is the culmination of two

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Accessibility Research & Reports

Report: The WebAIM Million

December 10, 2023December 31, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The WebAIM Million is the 2023 report on the accessibility of the top 1,000,000 home pages. This makes for an interesting read if you are

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Students Support

Adjustments Planner: Supporting students and graduates to plan for the future

December 4, 2023December 30, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The Government’s Adjustments Planner (launched in November 2023) is to help disabled learners and students plan conversations to have with employers about the adjustments they

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International Bar Association Tools & Resources

IBA: Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit for Lawyers

November 24, 2023November 25, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

The IBA has launched it’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) toolkit. The free toolkit sets out the steps firms should take to build a D&I action plan and

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Attend: Workplace Culture – Understanding Microagressions – Law Society Seminar – 30 January

November 16, 2023November 11, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

30 January 2024 1.00pm-2.00pm; Online The recent emphasis on workplace environment by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) demonstrates that firms/organisations who do not take steps

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Attend: Reasonable Adjustments Roundtable (in-person and hybrid)- 16 November

November 13, 2023November 10, 2023 Lawyers with Disabilities

Bristol Law Society and the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network invite you to a roundtable on reasonable adjustments on Thursday 16 November, 5.30pm to 7.30pm.

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