Bird & Bird joins Legal CORE to increase race and ethnic diversity across the legal industry

Bird & Bird joins Legal CORE (Collaboration on Race and Ethnicity), the first leadership-led, cross-firm collective aimed at tackling the underrepresentation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups in the UK’s legal industry.

Legal CORE’s mission is to increase the representation of BAME individuals in private practice, working collectively to drive action and facilitate a fundamental shift across the legal sector. The group’s focus is on action-led initiatives and collaborative solutions to retain and promote ethnically diverse talent. Over the next couple of months Legal CORE, which is formed of diversity and inclusion leads and senior level partners from each firm, will be:

  • Piloting a Leadership Forum for senior leaders across the founding firms to facilitate conversations on championing race diversity and explore how to effect change within their firm

  • Hosting a cross-firm hackathon, inviting participants from across the legal industry to come together and crowdsource ideas on how to improve retention and progression for Black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals

  • Introducing a Best Practice Forum to share collective success and challenges on themes such as data analytics, reverse mentoring and retaining Black talent

For more information, visit the Legal CORE website.

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