Crane & Staples LLP is committed to promoting equality and diversity and eliminating discrimination in its own policies, practices and procedures and in those areas in which it has influence. The Firm has joined the Law Society Equality & Diversity Section and hopes soon to be signing the Charter. Our Equality and Diversity Policy is available on request.
Our Commitment to Diversity
Crane & Staples LLP champions diversity in the workplace.
We employ the most ambitious staff members and are keen to nurture developing talent. We adhere to a diversity policy to ensure we never discriminate based on gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability or social background. This applies to clients and contacts as well as our own staff and hiring practices.
Many of our employees come from local state schools. We also have strong links with the University of Hertfordshire and frequently recruit students and graduates from this university, many of whom join us as assistants and trainees and progress to more senior positions in the firm.
Four of our eight partners are women and 68% of all our lawyers are women, exceeding the national average of 48%. We are passionate about encouraging women in the legal profession and some of our team are involved in women-only networking groups and the Women in Family Law Group.
Additionally, members of the BAME community are represented across the firm, including in the Partnership and senior positions.
We are proud to employ a multi-generational workforce, utilising the skills, talents and experience of all our employees. Our lawyers have a combined experience of over 350 years and all members of the team benefit from their breadth of knowledge and expertise. We were delighted that Georgina Christou won Hertfordshire Law Society’s Junior Lawyer of the Year in 2019, Katie Lane won this in 2022 and Mischa McKevitt in 2024. Many of our junior staff are members of the Hertfordshire Junior Lawyers Division.
Please contact our Equality and Diversity Partner, Sharon Montgomery, if you require more information.