Social Mobility Categories

Social Mobility Champion
This category acknowledges truly exceptional individual contributions to improving social mobility within the legal profession, covering private practice, in-house and the Bar, across all levels of seniority, and is open to both lawyers and non-lawyers. Judges will be looking for evidence of involvement in/leadership of key initiatives to boost representation or involvement in broader industry-wide initiatives.  

Social Mobility: Best Initiative Law Firms/The Bar
This will be awarded to the best project intended to boost social mobility within the organisation/profession by attracting and retaining talented lawyers from less privileged backgrounds. Open to UK law firms, International firms operating in the UK and The Bar, submissions should demonstrate a targeted strategy to boost social mobility and, if possible, include evidence of results.

Social Mobility Initiative (In-house)
This will be awarded to the most impressive efforts to boost social mobility within a company or the wider in-house community, with a focus on attracting and retaining talented lawyers from less privileged backgrounds. Submissions should demonstrate a targeted strategy to boost social mobility and, if possible, include evidence of results.