Diverse profession

However, only one quarter of new solicitors provided information on their ethnicity last year, and among the entire profession, 17% have not provided ethnicity data. Law Society President Simon Davis said it was ‘a real cause for celebration that solicitors come from an ever-widening pool’, but noted the gap continues at more senior levels. More than 40% of male solicitors in private practice are partners, compared to less than 20% of women and just over 20% of BAME solicitors.