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Closing the gender gap in the UK legal market

13/06/2022

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Birmingham dispute resolution partner Ann Benzimra spoke to the Financial Times as part of its Best Lawyers series about how cultural change and meaningful strategies will help boost the representation of senior women in law firms.

It has been more than 30 years since women began to represent the majority of new entrants into the legal profession in the UK. Yet gender parity at partner level has still not been achieved. In fact, with just under a quarter of equity partner positions being currently held by women, parity is a long way off.

Fieldfisher Birmingham dispute resolution partner Ann Benzimra shares her thoughts with the FT on why this might be the case, and what can be done to address underrepresentation.

Read the full Financial Times piece here: Closing the gender gap in the UK legal market - Financial Times - Partner Content by Best Lawyers (ft.com)

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