EDSM
To provide support and/or give visibility to the diverse groups of individuals who make up the Circuit and to be a beacon to all barristers and aspiring barristers on circuit who have protected characteristics.
EDSM COMMITTEE
The Committee works towards the following aims:
- To ensure that members of the Bar from all backgrounds feel welcome, and have a voice, on Circuit.
- To develop and provide a balanced programme of training and awareness-raising sessions related to equality, diversity and social mobility for barristers and their colleagues on Circuit.
- To collaborate with other organisations such as BLS, specialist Bar associations and others, and to promote diversity-related events run by those organisations to members of Circuit.
- To undertake research, as and when appropriate, on issues related to equality and diversity on Circuit.
- To plan and hold events that celebrate the diversity of members of the Circuit and their colleagues.
- To review existing initiatives that support barristers from various diverse backgrounds on Circuit and consider and implement any further programmes that will enhance entry in to and retention at the Bar of underrepresented groups.
Set up in October 2022, we support and celebrate diversity on Circuit within a coherent structure that encompasses all protected characteristics and promote social mobility.
