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Solicitors: more of them, and more diverse.

Andy Howells

4th April 2011

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...says this article, which includes a neat visual representation of how the backgrounds of solicitors have become more diverse in the last decade. Numbers generally are up 36% on ten years back. As an extension, this piece notes that the glass ceiling is still very much a reality for women, with more females joining the profession but fewer making partner. In fact, 48% of men in private practice make partner compared to 21% of women.

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Andy Howells

Andy Howells is Head of Law at a large northern Sixth Form College and a former solicitor.

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