Touting a commitment to diversity has become an increasingly popular practice for law firms and never more so than in 2020. The Black Lives Matter movement has been a massive catalyst for law firms to adopt a more meaningful approach to inclusivity and move away from the years of diversity tokenism.
International law firm Dentons has adopted the ‘Accelerating Race Strategy Action Plan’, Norton Rose Fulbright has adopted a reverse mentoring scheme, Linklaters has committed to ensuring that 35% of its trainee intake will be from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds by 2025 and several other major City law firms are following suit. Some because they want to, others because they accept they have to.
