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SEMLA is looking for two volunteers to join its committee. If you are a solicitor or advocate with an interest in these issues, able to give your time and with some ideas to drive change in the sector as part of the SEMLA team, then SEMLA wants to hear from you.

The Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) will be hosting a virtual event on the process of joining the Scottish Bar entitled How to become an Advocate. This event aims to demystify the process of becoming an advocate and will cover topics such as the ad

The Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) and NatWest Group are hosting a virtual event called "Less talk, more action: what are we doing to improve ethnic diversity in the legal profession?". The keynote speaker is Ash Denham MSP, who is responsible for the legal profession. The ev

SEMLA and Brodies LLP are collaborating to offer virtual work experience to two students. The collaboration will offer two student members the opportunity to undertake a week's virtual work experience between 16-20 August 2021.

SEMLA has announced a work placement collaboration with NatWest Group. Between 12 – 16 April 2021, NatWest Group’s Outsourcing, Technology and IP (OT&IP) in-house legal team is offering two student members of SEMLA the opportunity to undertake a week of virtual work experience with t

The Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers' Association (SEMLA) has announced a new collaboration with NatWest Group which will offer two student members a week of virtual work experience. The week virtual work experience will be with NatWest Group's outsourcing, technology and IP (OT&IP) in-ho

Diversity data will be collected as part of the annual practising certificate (PC) renewal process for the first time this year. In order to support and advance the Law Society of Scotland’s equality and diversity work, solicitors will now be asked for pseudonymised information on their e

The Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) has announced an opportunity for two of its student members, in conjunction with Shell International Limited, part of the multinational energy company. Between Tuesday 18 and Friday 21 August 2020, Shell's in-house legal team, Shell Leg

In many ways Usman Tariq’s family history reads like a classic immigrant narrative. His grandfather came from Pakistan to Scotland in search of a better life; his father left school early to enter the world of work; Mr Tariq and his two sisters were enabled and encouraged to grab every educati

An event for lawyers, legal academics and equality bodies looking at challenges and ways to improve diversity in the legal profession will be held in Glasgow this month. The Scottish Discrimination Law Association (SDLA), Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers Association (SEMLA) and MacRoberts LLP are jo

Two judges will be speaking at an event on diversity in the judiciary in Glasgow next month. Attendees at the event hosted by SEMLA and Ellis Whittam will hear from Mr Justice Choudhury and Sheriff Aisha Anwar on their paths to the bench.

With the deadlines for vacation schemes fast-approaching, SEMLA and international law firm CMS are delighted to announce a joint event on “My CMS Journey: How to secure a traineeship at a Top 10 Global Law Firm” at the Glasgow office of CMS on Friday 6 December between 10.30am and 1pm. A

Scotland’s first black professor, a Windrush generation Jamaican who grew up in the racist Britain of the fifties and sixties, has told an audience of lawyers and other professionals in Edinburgh that they must have a "sense of belonging" in order to succeed. Sir Geoff Palmer, an eminent brewi

An event for Black, Asian and ethnic minority professionals to come together, expand their network and hear from an inspirational speaker will be held in Edinburgh next month.

Aberdein Considine and they Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers' Association (SEMLA) are hosting an event which is designed to provide aspiring lawyers with an insight into private practice as part of a drive towards encouraging more individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds to consider a career i