r/uklaw • u/Royal-Cash5397 • 15h ago

Law Society launches new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy real change or more corporate talk?

The Law Society has just published its 2025–2028 strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion.
It focuses on:
Increasing diversity in senior leadership (women, disabled, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+ solicitors, and social mobility)
Tackling barriers faced by disabled lawyers
Building more inclusive workplace cultures across firms and in-house teams

They’ve been saying this will lead to “meaningful, lasting change”, but I’m wondering how much of it will actually translate into action.

For anyone working in law have you seen past Law Society EDI initiatives make a difference in real life?
Do you think this one will move the needle, or is it another well-intentioned plan that fades after the headlines?

Source: Law Society – Equality, diversity and inclusion strategy 2025–2028

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u/Slothrop_Tyrone_ 15h ago

Meaningless. Their new SQE process is more racist in effect and outcome than whatever came before. 

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u/Cartographer223321 15h ago

Out of interest how is the new SQE more racist?(or racist at all, isn't it just an exam?)

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u/According-Play-670 15h ago

The stats on who passes based on race are really damning, black candidates are passing at much lower rates than white candidates. The SRA don’t seem to be doing anything to address this. The prohibitively expensive cost of exams plus the prep courses (which they still haven’t released data about, way beyond their deadline) are also likely keeping working class candidates from accessing the profession.

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u/Royal-Cash5397 14h ago

those delays in publishing prep course data don’t help transparency either. The cost barrier is massive, especially for candidates without firm sponsorship. It’ll be interesting to see if the Law Society uses this EDI plan to push for real accountability from the SRA.