The past few weeks have seen City firms increasingly come under the spotlight for failing diversity policies. Last month, Department for Constitutional Affairs junior minister David Lammy attacked the top-tier firms for failing to nurture ethnic minority lawyers, claiming that they faced a “titanium ceiling” blocking their progress at City practices.
“Where are the black and ethnic minority partners in the magic circle and City firms?” he said at an address to the Black Solicitors’ Network. “Ethnic minority students are winning places in top law firms only to be channelled into less commercial areas of law.”
