Equality and Diversity - Introduction
This section of the website aims to provide a summary of the Society’s position on equality and diversity. The listed topics should give you short introductions to key issues and definitions the Society has adopted within this area of work.
Our full Equality and Diversity Strategy is available from the links at the right side of the page. This will give you a much fuller picture of our position and our planned work and objectives.
NEWS: ENSURING FAIRNESS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES - The Society has published new guidance on equality and diversity. To find out more and download the full guidance click here.
NEWS: MAJOR DISABILITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECT LAUNCHED - The Society is working with other justice sector bodies to better understand the experiences of disabled people. To find out more click here.
NEWS: NEW STRATEGY LAUNCHED (2008 to 2011) - The Society has launched its new Equality and Diversity Strategy, which includes our race, gender and disability schemes. To find out more
click here.
NEWS: RESULTS OF LATEST INVOLVEMENT WORK NOW AVAILABLE (Nov 08) – the Society has been consulting stakeholders, solicitors, and staff on its equality work. Find out more by clicking here.
NEWS: PROFILE OF THE PROFESSION FINDINGS + FREE CPD- The outcomes of the Society’s first monitoring exercise – analysing the composition of the profession by sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, age and religion/belief the study also looks at experiences of discrimination. The findings have been turned into a 'webcast' allowing you to quickly gain an overview of the issues, and claim CPD click here for more details.
If you have visited this area before the ‘News, Announcements and Events’ will let you know what is new and what work is currently ongoing.
Finally, we’d encourage you to have a look at our ‘Feedback & Involvement’ section. We are keen to formally involve a cross-section of the profession and public in informing policy and process development. We also want to get feedback on the contents of this section of the website, our strategy, and the approach we are taking to this work. Why not have a look at how you could contribute?
