Black Letter Law

In 2006, a few months after BLD was launched, Debo Nwauzu, BLD founder, approached Anthony Robinson, the Legal Director of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), seeking his support for a publication to showcase the contributions of ethnic minorities in the legal profession in the UK. The CRE agreed, but the task was not as easy as first thought! There was simply no record of such contributions and neither the Bar Council of England and Wales, nor the Law Society of England and Wales were able to help. Nevertheless, the Black Letter Law 2006 was published and launched on 5 October at the Black History Month Event, sponsored by Clifford Chance.

We remain committed to making this an annual publication as part of our aim of highlighting and promoting diversity in law by showcasing the wealth of talent and the contributions made by ethnic minorities to the legal profession. The Black Letter Law 2007 is  a comprehensive revision of the design, layout and content of the 2006 publication and it is brighter, bigger and better! Organisations such as DLA Piper, Linklaters, Lovells, Birmigham City Council and the College of Law who came on board as advertisers in the publication, have made this possible.