Legally Disabled have published their latest research on the impact of Covid-19 on the employment and training of disabled lawyers in England and Wales: opportunities for job-redesign and best practice. The key findings in the report highlights how increased remote working and more flexibility with reasonable adjustments could make the legal…
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Legally Disabled?: The Career Experiences of Disabled People in the Legal Profession (January 2020) identified that the most requested (and refused) reasonable adjustment for disabled lawyers was remote or home working. COVID-19 necessitated everyone working in this way and this is predicted to continue. It has meant new opportunities for disabled…
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So I was reading an article this morning entitled The case against video interviews for training contracts and pupillage written by Law PhD student Elijah Granet. Elijah is making a case for audio interviews to support diversity and inclusion in legal sector recruitment. The article looks at the fact that COVID-19 has…
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Legally Disabled, The Law Society and its Lawyers with Disabilities Division (now Disabled Solicitors Network) have been working together to share the research findings and develop guidance to support organisations with implementing the recommendations from the ‘Legally Disabled?’ report. They are currently running a series of roundtables, which provides a…
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