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Project Rise: boosting opportunities for stellar work

25 October 2024 / Lizzie Hardy
Issue: 8091 / Categories: Features , Profession , Career focus , Training & education , Education , Equality
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Lizzie Hardy reports on a part-time training initiative shaping full-time inclusion
  • Project Rise was launched in 2021 by the Law Society’s Disabled Solicitors Network to encourage more part-time training opportunities in the legal sector.
  • Firms or in-house teams commit to the principle that those who are talented enough to train as a solicitor should have the opportunity to do so, even if that means they need to train part-time.
  • Multiple organisations are signed up to the initiative and more are being urged to do so.

‘The days are long, but the years are short.’ It’s a common phrase in child-rearing, but perhaps equally applicable in the world of law. It seems hard to believe we are fast approaching five years since the 2020 publication of ‘Legally Disabled?’, the ground-breaking research by Cardiff Business School in partnership with the Law Society, detailing the career experiences of disabled lawyers. Like so many others, I read the (at times, harrowing) research and wondered what more could be

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