{"id":5575,"date":"2011-10-06T14:17:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T14:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/10\/06\/law-society-marks-achievements-of-bame-lawyers\/"},"modified":"2011-10-06T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T14:17:27","slug":"law-society-marks-achievements-of-bame-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/06\/law-society-marks-achievements-of-bame-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Society marks achievements of BAME lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>\u2018Inspiration Evening\u2019 coincides with Black History Month<\/h3>\n<div><strong>THE achievements of Black and Asian lawyers are celebrated by the Law Society this month with a series of high profile events at Chancery Lane.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>An \u2018Inspiration evening\u2019 on 14 October, presented and chaired by Channel 4 journalist Samira Ahmed, sees top Black and Asian judges discussing a range of topics from motivation to join the judiciary to their experiences on the bench, including Rabinder Singh QC, the first Asian High Court judge.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Society will also roll out a programme of events throughout October aimed at encouraging BAME (Black Asian &amp; Minority Ethnic) people considering a career in law as well as recognising the achievements of very talented individuals.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>A careers diversity event on Monday 17 October for school children will include a mock trial, workshops, a legal quiz and an opportunity to meet BAME practicing lawyers. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The events coincide with Black History Month. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Law Society president John Wotton said: &#8220;The number of BAME lawyers carving out a career in the judiciary is increasing and a diverse judiciary is central to a fair and balanced justice system. Similarly, the legal profession throughout needs to embrace diversity- from a social justice perspective and to effectively serve the needs of its client base. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Holding these events not only recognises the great work that goes on throughout the profession but highlights the challenges and obstacles that remain. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#8220;We have asked inspirational people to come along and share their experiences in what is sure to be a very valuable learning experience and networking opportunity.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Inspiration Evening\u2019 coincides with Black History Month THE achievements of Black and Asian lawyers are celebrated by the Law Society this month with a series of high profile events at Chancery Lane. &#13; An \u2018Inspiration evening\u2019 on 14 October, presented and chaired by Channel 4 journalist Samira Ahmed, sees top Black and Asian judges discussing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}