Just over half of associates were female and one in 10 were from an ethnic minority background.
‘Some’ encouragement could be taken from the fact 25.3% of partners were female, based on this year’s sample of firms; 6.1% were of ethnic minority descent. The proportion of associates who were female rose to 56.5%; 13.4% were from an ethnic minority background.
This year 36 law firms and 20 barristers chambers took part in the survey, compared with 41 firms and 16 chambers last year.
