Best Employers for Race 2017

On 1 November 2017, the firm was named in Business in the Community’s inaugural Best Employers for Race list.

The listing includes 65 public and private sector organisations who collectively represent the best employers for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the UK.

EMpower

Two of our partners, Sarah Lee and Nilufer von Bismarck, are named in EMpower’s Top 100 Leading Ethnic Minority Executives.  Our Head of International Relations, Ngozie Azu, was featured in their Future Leaders list.

OUTstanding

A number of our partners and employees have featured in the OUTstanding Top LGBT and Ally Executive lists. 

Social Mobility Employer Index

We are ranked the Top 50 Social Mobility Employer Index which list the UK employers who have taken the most action to improve social mobility in the workplace.

Stonewall Top 100 Employers

We are named in Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers 2018 which lists the best employers in Britain for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans staff. 

Law Society Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award

We received the ‘Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion’ award at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2017 for our work on BME inclusion.

30% Club

We are members of the 30% Club and our senior partner is one of the founding Chairmen. This is a voluntary, business led organisation that campaigns for at least 30% female representation on the Boards and Executive committees of companies.

Business Disability Forum

Slaughter and May has an annual membership with the Business Disability Forum, the world's leading employers' organisation focused on disability, and work with them to establish barrier-free processes and procedures, and ensure that we adhere to the latest guidelines on disability.

upReach social mobility partnership

We collaborated with social mobility charity upReach to launch the ‘Law Springboard’ in April 2019, a newly designed programme designed to help improve access to the legal sector for high potential undergraduates from less-advantaged backgrounds.

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Stonewall Global Diversity Champions

The Global Diversity Champions programme is Stonewall's best-practice employers' forum for international organisations who are committed to LGBT equality across the world.

Gender and Race campaigns - Business in the Community

Business in the Community (BITC) works with employers, from private, public and education sectors to offer tailored, practical and pragmatic advice on workplace gender and race equality issues.  We participate in BITC’s Diversity Benchmark to measure our progress in these areas.