Women in Law Summit 2019

17th May 2019
Olympia
London

STAY TUNED
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STAY TUNED

Partners

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Capability Jane Recruitment is a unique recruitment company focusing on sourcing professional part time and flexible working talent. Capability Jane was founded in 2007 and has successfully worked with a range of organisations providing them with access to a largely untapped talent pool. Capability Jane Recruitment works with forward thinking organisations who recognise the benefits of being able to access a different talent pool by providing genuinely flexible and part time career opportunities.

        

pinknews
PinkNews is the world's most-read and watched LGBT+ outlet, reaching over 30m unique users every month. PinkNews delivers news across politics, current affairs, health, lifestyle, and entertainment, creates events to reach both our readers and high-level stakeholders, and reaches an increasingly progressive audience through its unique cross-platform video offering including Snapchat. PinkNews understands its position as the world’s leading voice in this minority media landscape. It is our duty to serve users with fair and timely coverage across the LGBT rainbow. The community we serve is global — we reach users everywhere and commission international content to reflect that.
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The InterLaw Diversity Forum has more than 5000 members and supporters from over 215 law firms and chambers, and 285 corporates and financial institutions. Since its founding in 2008, the InterLaw Diversity Forum has expanded its scope to encompass all strands of diversity and inclusion (including social mobility), with a particular focus on cultural change in the workplace and 'multiple identities'/intersectionality. The InterLaw Diversity Forum holds monthly panel-discussion meetings for both its LGBT+ and BAME Networks, and bi-monthly meetings for its ENABLE (dis)Ability Network. Its mentoring programme, InterLawConnect, launched in 2018. The Apollo Project seeks out evidence-based examples of best practice for inclusive workplace cultures and provides these as a free resource that other organisations can adapt to their specific needs. Its Purple Reign art project features LGBT+ and ally role models, focusing on intersectionality. Its 2012 report, Career Progression in the Legal Sector,is now being updated for 2018 with new research data. Its annual charity fundraiser, the Winter Carnival, has to date has raised over £400,000 for the Albert Kennedy Trust and Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline.
first100years
The First 100 Years is a ground-breaking history project, supported by the Law Society, Bar Council and CILEx, charting the journey of women in law since 1919. The project is powered by Spark21, a charity founded to celebrate, inform and inspire future generations of women in the profession. The First 100 Years project is the national campaign celebrating the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 which paved the way for women to become lawyers for the first time.