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Lawyer of the Month
Non-Lawyer of the Month
Organisation in Focus
Latest News & Events
23 May 2006
BLD's First Network Event - Herbert Smith Offices. This is for you whether you are a lawyer, trainee solicitor, pupil barrister, student or involved... Read more
27 Mar 2006
Shoosmiths were in Gold position as the overall winner at the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) launch of its Diversity League Table of the top 100 law... Read more
21 Mar 2006
The Legal Services' Commission's is to press ahead with its preferred supplier's plan and extend this to all firms by 2009 despite very deep concerns... Read more
24 Feb 2006
Black Lawyers Directory, BLD was officially launched on 23rd February 2006 at the Law Society, 113, Chancery Lane, London on Thursday 23 February... Read more
01 Feb 2006
Janet Paraskeva, the Law Society Chief Executive since 1 October 2000 leaves the role in the summer of 2006 to become the First Civil Service... Read more
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Lawyer of the Month
This month's Lawyer of the Month is Mirza Ahmad and last month's was Courtenay Griffiths QC. Mirza is one of the most influential lawyers in local government and the Chief Legal Officer of the UK's largest local authority and one of Europe's biggest. Read more
Non-Lawyer of the Month
Our first Non-Lawyer of the month is Sandra Kerr. Sandra is the director of Race for Opportunity (RfO), an organisation with over 800 of the UK's biggest organisations. Read more
Organisa
tion in Focus
BLD highlights and promotes organisations that are positive about diversity. The spotlight is on the National Mentoring Consortium (NMC) this month. NMC was founded in 1994 and has now grown to a membership of over 250 employers and 20 universities. Read more
Did you Know That?
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