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.

BLOGS.

You can read the latest EDSM Blog from our Wellbeing and Disability Committee on Male Wellbeing at the Bar HERE

EDSM COMMITTEE

The Committee works towards the following aims:

To ensure that members of the Bar from all backgrounds feel welcome, able to be their authentic selves, and have a voice, on Circuit.
To collaborate with other organisations such as the Law Society, specialist Bar Associations, and other organisations, and to promote diversity-related initiatives 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 devise any further programmes that will enhance entry in to, and retention, at the Bar of underrepresented groups.
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 develop outreach programmes that reach the Midlands community and encourage students at all stages of their education to aspire to careers at the Bar.

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.