Race Fairness Commitment News Today

Margaret TaylorThursday 3 June 2021 In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests and the George Floyd murder trial, serious questions are being asked about how to deal with deep-seated racial disparities throughout society, including the justice system and the legal profession. No sector of society has been left untouched by the global reckoning that followed the racially motivated killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May. As the Black Lives Matter movement mob...

18-06-2020 Raph Mokades founded London-based recruitment company Rare Recruitment to help people from diverse backgrounds develop careers in elite professions, including law. He tells WIPR that when it comes to tackling deep-rooted bias, a tailored approach is required. In December 2020 the UK government declared that unconscious bias training was being scrapped for civil servants in England because, ministers said, it doesn’t work. At Rare Recruitment, we came to much the same conclusion abo...

Shannett Thompson This year will be remembered as a pivotal turning point for several reasons. The pandemic ushered in an unprecedented experiment in home working, which many predict will lead employers to be more flexible about working practices from here on. The death of George Floyd on the 25 May was a wake-up call as to the inequalities faced by ethnic minorities, particularly black men within the criminal justice system. While unfortunately George’s death was not the first, it made the w...