Legal Services Board

• There's more than one way to skin a cat and don't let them tell you otherwise
  Posted on January 11, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Here’s a cheery thought as the Christmas and new year holiday recedes from memory, apparently more people die in January than any other month of the year. It seems that divorce rates also spike in January. Whether these events are related is not clear, although the reasons for the high number of marriage breakups just after Christmas are more obvious than the reasons for dying.
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• All lawyers should be made equal, but some are clearly more equal than others.
  Posted on August 31, 2011 by Louise Restell
  When I was at school I very distinctly remember being told that ‘the world was my oyster’ and I could be whatever and whoever I wanted to be. I imagine that similar messages intended to inspire young women are given out today – I will certainly be encouraging my daughter to reach for the stars (not necessarily literally). What they didn’t tell me, as possibilities raced through my mind, was that I could do whatever I wanted, but I shouldn’t expect to get paid as much as a man.
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  Tagged: BME lawyers, diversity, equal pay, equality, law firms, law society, legal profession, Legal Services Board, women