Why do recruitment, career progression and pathways, and retention within the legal profession, vary by protected characteristics, socio-economic and socio-demographic background?

Background

We want to create the conditions for the UK’s legal services sector to flourish by developing a sustainable, efficient and effective system. This includes securing legal services market access overseas, growing the UK’s market share, and enhancing the international competitiveness and attractiveness of the legal sector.

Next steps

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

Related UKRI funded projects

  • The impact of the 2007 Legal Services Act on organisational form, the legal profession, and future skills requirements.

    The legal services sector is of fundamental importance to the UK economy both in terms of its contribution to national wealth, and because it plays an important enabling function for other enterprise in the UK. The secto...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically focuses on the impact of the 2007 Legal Services Act on the legal profession, which is directly related to the question about recruitment, career progression, and retention within the legal profession.

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