Arthur Rank Hospice Fundraising

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Hayley Ford of our firm has recently raised £820 for Arthur Rank Hospice through the Will month scheme.

This amount of money could pay for 11 counselling sessions for patients’ relatives, making a difference to those affected by a life limiting illness

Adams Harrison Attends Local Careers Events

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Aspire; Samuel Ward Academy

Jenny Carpenter and Sue Lawton  attended the Careers Event held at the Arts Centre in Haverhill from 4pm to 6pm yesterday afternoon.  Jenny and Sue spoke to many students interested in a career in law, also some of those that had no idea but suddenly realised that this could be an option for them.

I wanted to express our gratitude once again for your support yesterday with the Aspire Event. We were thrilled with the turn out from both students and parents and feel the event was a huge success in terms of our aim to inspire the young people of Haverhill and surrounding areas. I’ll no doubt be in contact again soon with regards to the next one!

Jacqui Singleton, Work Related Learning Coordinator Samuel Ward Academy

Anglia Ruskin Law Careers Fair

Also last week Matthew Darmon (Trainee Solicitor) and Sue Lawton attended the Anglia Ruskin Law Careers Fair – again a wonderful turn out of law students and some very interesting questions were asked.  These students are the future for law so it was very gratifying to meet such focused individuals.

Women In The Legal Profession

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An interesting article in the Law Society’s Gazette publication this month reports that there is a “female talent drain” in that whilst entry level to the profession appears to be open to everyone, it is not the same once the ladder is ascended in the profession.   The number of female partners in solicitors’ firms is low. Statistics show that there are now more women than men qualifying as solicitors with women representing over 60% of newly qualified solicitors since 1990. However, only 28% of partners in private practice are women. Only half of all judges under the age of 50 years are women.

A Court of Appeal Judge, Lady Justice Rafferty was speaking at the Royal Society Diversity Conference when she stated that “diversity must be maintained beyond entry level to the profession”.

Here at Adams Harrison female partners represent 83% of the firm, with the Managing Partner being a woman!