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<blockquote data-quote="fingersarecrossed" data-source="post: 170764" data-attributes="member: 33885"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I am used to being surrounded by diverse people that I did not view it as a thing that was important for me. However, attending a firm and seeing the lack of diversity really surprised me. Of course, this was originally a white british country so it somewhat makes sense why there are so many in senior roles etc but i just wish firms actually put in the ACTION to make firms more diverse rather than preaching diversity and hosting workshops on diversity. It is just disheartening trying to enter the legal field and seeing the same type of people (no hate to them ofc as they worked extremely hard to get there). It also seems that where firms are successful in hiring BME partners/associates, <em>majority</em> of their BME hires are from top universities, such as Oxford/Cambridge/LSE.</p><p></p><p>Of course, there are diverse students hired from russel/non-russel group unis too, however it seems so uncommon. Also, many students are from Rare recruitment or other schemes like these (which is a good thing but firms should actively try to promote this more).</p><p></p><p>I was wondering if anyone knew of any diverse firms / firms that I should avoid due to their lack of diversity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fingersarecrossed, post: 170764, member: 33885"] Hi, I am used to being surrounded by diverse people that I did not view it as a thing that was important for me. However, attending a firm and seeing the lack of diversity really surprised me. Of course, this was originally a white british country so it somewhat makes sense why there are so many in senior roles etc but i just wish firms actually put in the ACTION to make firms more diverse rather than preaching diversity and hosting workshops on diversity. It is just disheartening trying to enter the legal field and seeing the same type of people (no hate to them ofc as they worked extremely hard to get there). It also seems that where firms are successful in hiring BME partners/associates, [I]majority[/I] of their BME hires are from top universities, such as Oxford/Cambridge/LSE. Of course, there are diverse students hired from russel/non-russel group unis too, however it seems so uncommon. Also, many students are from Rare recruitment or other schemes like these (which is a good thing but firms should actively try to promote this more). I was wondering if anyone knew of any diverse firms / firms that I should avoid due to their lack of diversity. [/QUOTE]
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