Macky O’Sullivan, a senior associate at King & Spalding and recipient of the Rising Star – Professional Services Award at the Black British Business Awards 2019, discusses the importance of role models in helping inspire the next generation.
Debevoise & Plimpton counsel Akima Paul Lambert discusses the opportunity that changed her life.
Hogan Lovells’ Ademola Bamgbose tells of his experiences.
What’s your background? Did you always want to be a lawyer and how did you first enter the profession? I was born in London, my parents are Nigerian and I grew up with elderly English foster parents in Great Yarmouth. As a teenager I decided I wanted to be a lawyer after seeing a photograph […]
Baker McKenzie’s global director of diversity Anna Brown features in our latest post for Black History Month.
In our latest Black History Month post, King & Spalding counsel Stephen John focuses on the major barriers in the profession.
Our latest post features Slaughter and May associate Lorna Nsoatabe on the industry’s struggle to retain and promote diverse talent.
What’s your background? Did you always want to be a lawyer and how did you first enter the profession? I was born and raised in Accra, Ghana and educated there until secondary school. My father was a civil servant (now retired) and my mother owns and runs a nursery school. For tertiary education, I went […]
What can law firms do to help black lawyers? To my mind, that is not the right question.
As Black History Month draws to a close, Citigroup’s Musonda Kapotwe offers some final thoughts.
Some of the lawyers we’ve interviewed over the course of Black History Month 2017 give their thoughts on where the profession stands with respect to diversity. There is so much talk about diversity now. Is there enough action to match the talk? Esi Eshun, deputy head of legal division, UK Export Finance: So many institutions […]
Claudius Sokenu left London for New York in pursuit of a legal career. He talks about the path he took, and the differences between the UK and the US when it comes to diversity in law.