2 December 2020
Disabled people returning to work in the pandemic – a case study
For those of us fortunate to have jobs, our work is important to us - it’s our answer to the question “what do you do?” It provides us with most of our social interaction, it gives our days and our weeks structure, it gives a sense of purpose, and a sense of achievement (and sometimes of failure). Most people want to work but disabled people are more than twice as likely as non-disabled people to be unemployed. Most of us who work fear losing our jobs but many people with disabilities have a genuine and perhaps well-founded concern that if they lose their job, they will never get another.
1 December 2020
Has COVID made the legal workplace more disability inclusive?
Almost a year since it published its report on the career experiences of disabled people in the legal profession, Legally Disabled, in partnership with the Lawyers with Disabilities Division of The Law Society of England and Wales, has just released it latest research exploring how the pandemic has impacted the working lives of disabled lawyers. The research, which was launched on 2 November 2020, shows that the move by firms towards almost universal remote working could make the legal profession more accessible to those with disabilities in the long term.
10 November 2020
Shannett Thompson Chair of the BAME & Allies Network, shares her career path to Partner and helpful tips
Shannett Thompson, Partner in Regulatory and Chair of Kingsley Napley's BAME & Allies Network, recently shared her perspectives with Legal Women on her career path in to law, her journey to Partner, combatting adversity and helpful tips she would give her younger self.
22 October 2020
How can we help ensure black history is a core part of the curriculum beyond Black History Month?
During Black History Month a great deal of attention is rightly paid to teaching black history in schools and colleges. Outside of October is a different matter, as the curriculum focuses on a predominantly white perspective of events to the detriment of students and society. This is not a criticism of teachers, who do a great deal of excellent work and are under immense pressure to teach the parts of history which will help students do well in their exams. However, the range of history taught in schools does need to expand and anyone involved with a school can help speed up this change.
12 October 2020
World Mental Health Day 2020 - a BAME perspective
Addressing mental health issues can often be seen as a taboo within the BAME community. The reasons for this are complex and include both cultural and societal reasons. As an Asian male, I know mental health is treated as a “theory” or a “myth”; something that is not really there. In this blog, I want to touch upon the reasons for this, but more importantly, I want to share how I try to keep my mental health positive.
