The UK Diversity Legal Awards 2021

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The UK Diversity Legal Awards 2021

The UK Diversity Legal Awards took place on Tuesday 30 November 2021 at Plaisterers’ Hall, London and saw inspirational nominees crowned winners in a broad range of categories, including:

■ The Recruiting Diverse Talent Award

■ The Disability Inclusion Award

■ The Mental Health & Wellbeing Award

■ The Outstanding Race & Ethnicity Employee Network Award

■ Diversity Champion of 2021 Award

The Awards are the only industry awards which focus solely on recognising, promoting and celebrating equality, diversity and inclusion across the legal profession.

They are open to individuals and organisations of all sizes and submissions were welcomed from firms, chambers, in-house legal teams (private and public sector), suppliers to and individuals within the legal profession. Submissions were invited that covered one, some or all aspects of diversity; to include social mobility, gender, ethnicity, disabilities and sexual orientation.

For supporters and winners of a UK Diversity Legal Award, this provides a platform from which to raise the profile of the excellent work being done and also demonstrate a proactive commitment to this important area of the profession’s development.

In particular, it’s hoped that these awards will help raise standards across the profession, as those making submissions seek to create ever-more impactful policies, processes and initiatives.

A black-tie event, the awards dinner also presented a great opportunity to say “thank you”, to the teams and individuals within those organisations who have a handson role in managing and delivering on this important area of work.

The UK Diversity Legal Awards is a Black Solicitors Network (BSN) initiative and you can find more information on the programme at: https://diversitylegalawards.org. ■