Three Raymond Buildings is pleased to support initiatives which promote diversity in the law and provide encouragement to talented students and junior practitioners regardless of their background.
Members of chambers currently serve on Bar Council panels and the committees of representative bodies which advocate on behalf of groups which are underrepresented within the profession.
We are pleased to participate with Bridging the Bar, details available here.
We have for several years worked with the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham (LAET) running a mentoring scheme and a debating club within the school. We also host a debating competition in chambers and at Gray’s Inn for LAET students.
As international criminal law is closely linked to chambers near 100 year history, we hold an annual international crime advocacy day designed to give students from backgrounds which are underrepresented at the Bar contacts and experience in one of our niche practice areas. You can see further details of last year’s event here and here.
One of the best ways to learn about chambers and the work we are doing to increase diversity is to attend our pupillage Q&A session. You can read more about the 2024 event here.
We also run mini pupillages at various times of the year. Further details available here.
We positively welcome applications from underrepresented groups to all chambers events and will make whatever adjustments we can to ensure chambers is accessible to those with a disability.
We encourage positive change within the wider profession, including participation in the Judicial Reverse Mentoring Scheme, which aims to foster greater understanding in the judiciary of the experience of lawyers from under-represented groups and the barriers they face in the profession at large as well as to progression in the judiciary.
