Diversity in the legal profession: Another landmark reached but still a long way to go
By Charlotte Harrison, University of Portsmouth and James Hand, University of Portsmouth This year’s ‘Silks’ day (15 March 2021) saw the 500th woman barrister to be appointed Queen’s Counsel, 72 years after the first. At 34%, it also sees by far the largest proportion of women to be appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Counsel learned [...]