Joelson participates in the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) biennial ‘Diversity in the Legal Profession’ data collection exercise. As part of this we are required to publish a summary of our workforce diversity data. Everyone who works at the firm is invited to complete the data collection exercise and in the most recent survey (June 2025), 60.3% of those eligible completed it.
Of those who completed the exercise:
This summary covers 7 areas of diversity data, listed below.
16-24 – (5%)
25-34 – (49%)
35-44 – (22%)
45-54 – (12%)
55+ – (10%)
Prefer not to say – (5%)
36.5% are male
54% are female
97.5% identify with the same gender as their sex registered at birth
5.0% of those who responded consider themselves to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010.
(The Equality Act defines a disabled person as someone who has a mental or physical impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities).
68% of respondents are white and British English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish
12% are any other white background
10% are Asian/Asian British
2% are Mixed/Multiple ethnic group
5% are Black/Black British – African
56% have no religion or belief
27% are Christian
7% are Jewish
2% are Muslim
2% are Hindu
7% are other religions or prefer not to say
27% attended a fee paying school
34% attended a state-run or state-funded school (non selective)
29% attended a state-run or state-funded school (selective on faith, academic or other grounds)
2% attended a school outside of the UK
2% attended an independent / fee-paying school, where they received a bursary covering 90% or more
54% of respondents’ parents did not attend university by the time they were 18
39% of respondents’ parent’s did attend university by the time they were 18
10% did not know or preferred not to say
Primary carer for children
29.0% of respondents have primary carer responsibilities for a child under 18
Caring for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age
5.0% of respondents look after someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity) (between 1-19 hours a week and 20-49 hours per week)
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