How to Increase Diversity in the Legal and Criminal Justice System A Lifetime for Justice

Organised and hosted by Alex Raikes, the High Sherriff of the County and City of Bristol 2022, A Lifetime for Justice brought to life the breadth and depth of the legal and criminal justice system – and explored what needs to be done to increase diversity within it.

Thought-provoking and trailblazing, the event includes former President of the Supreme Court (and the first woman President) Baroness Hale and Dr Leroy Logan, one of the UK’s most highly decorated Black police officers who also set up the Black Police Association. They are joined by I. Stephanie Boyce, the sixth female and the first Black President of the Law Society of England and Wales, who will be interviewed by Anjali Gohil, Chair of BarNone and a criminal barrister at Guildhall Chambers, Bristol. Clive Stafford Smith, a British attorney who specialises in the area of civil rights and campaigning against the death penalty in the US completes the line-up of speakers.

Organised and hosted by Bristol’s High Sherriff @Araikes, A Lifetime for Justice brought to life the breadth and depth of the legal and criminal justice system – and explored what needs to be done to increase diversity within it. Listen back here.

The event was compèred by Sherrie Eugene-Hart with a special welcome from new Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bristol Professor Evelyn Welch. Mayor Marvin Rees and the High Sherriff closed the event.

There was an opportunity for networking and to meet organisations involved in the criminal and civil justice sector on the night.

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