Keywords
diversity, inclusion, equality, gender, equity, race, culture
Abstract
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has been the parent regulator of legal services in England and Wales since 2009. Born of the wide-ranging reforms introduced by the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA), the LSB is tasked with promoting the regulatory objectives contained within the LSA, including “encouraging an independent, strong, diverse and effective legal profession.” In July 2011, the LSB introduced a rule requiring the collection of data on workforce diversity and the publication of that data by the legal profession. This was the first—and indeed, is the only—direct regulatory intervention taken with regard to diversity in the legal profession. The LSB’s reporting rule forms the heart of this Article.
Recommended Citation
Steven Vaughan,
Going Public: Diversity Disclosures by Large U.K. Law Firms,
83 Fordham L. Rev. 2301
(2015).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol83/iss5/6
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