6 April 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

Disabled lawyers barely represented in in-house legal roles

While 60% of UK lawyers working in-house are women, just 1.5% are disabled, while black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) lawyers are underrepresented, according to statistics published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

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