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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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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