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ResearchEthnic Minorities in Law
Workplace
1 Research Sources and Assumptions
1.1 Source The data used in this factsheet is from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
student record database. The data covers the academic year of 2007 – 2008. Definitions of the various subject areas used in this factsheet can be found at:
http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php/content/view/102/136/1/4
1.2 Assumptions l The data used refers to UK domiciled students only; it does not include overseas
students who are studying in the UK.
l Students falling under the ‘Unknown’ category have not been added to the White group or any of the ethnic minority groups. Instead, these have either been disregarded or represented as ‘Unknown’ in the analysis.
1.3 Definitions The ethnic minority category groupings are based on Census 2001 categories. Please note in particular that:
l White includes:
White
Irish Traveller
l Mixed includes:
Mixed – White and Black Caribbean
Mixed – White and Black African
Mixed – White and Asian
Mixed – other
l Other includes:
Other ethnic background
l Not Known includes:
Not Known
Information refused
Ethnic Minorities in Law
02 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Ethnic Minorities in Law
03 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Ethnic Minorities in Law
2 Ethnic Minorities in Law
2.1 Representation of Ethnic Minority Students in Law
Our research shows that amongst the various ethnic minority groups studying Law at UK universities during 2007–08, students of Indian and Pakistani origin had the highest representation (6.0 percent and 5.8 percent respectively), followed closely by Black African students (5.0 percent). On the other hand, students from ‘Other Black’ backgrounds and students of Chinese origin had the least representation among ethnic minority groups (see figure 1).
Figure 1: Representation of Ethnic Minority Students Studying Law (2007-08)
Source: HESA Student Record (2007-08)
The total ethnic minority representation of students studying law
in 2007-08 was 27.4% compared to 68.6% of the White student
population studying law during 2007-08.
Ethnic Minorities in Law
Black Caribbean
Black African
Black Other
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Other Asian
Mixed
Other
1.9%
0.5%
5%
6%
5.8%
1.6%
0.9%
1.4%
1.4%
2.9%
04 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Ethnic Minorities in Law
FAST FACTSEarnings and ethnic minority pay gaps for all private practitioners for 2007/08In 2007-08, median annual earnings for White solicitors were £55k and £45k for black and minority ethnic (BME) solicitors. Taking no account of other factors that might be related to earnings, the median ethnic minority pay gap in yearly earnings was 18% for 2007/08 (NB: hourly and per billed hour pay gaps were very slightly larger).
Source: The Law Society - Ethnicity and earnings in private practice; Findings from the 2008 salary survey June 2009
Ethnic Minorities in Law
We found that all ethnic minority groups had a higher representation of students studying Law, than of students studying all subjects. Pakistanis and Indians had the maximum percentage point increase (3.9 percentage points and 2.7 percentage points respectively - see figure 2)
Figure 2: Representation of Ethnic Minority Groups among Students Studying Law vis-à-vis All subjects (2007-08)
Source: HESA Student Record (2007-08)
Ethnic Minorities in Law
Black Caribbean
Black African
Black Other
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Other Asian
Mixed
Other
Law
All Subjects1.4%
0.9%
2.9%2.1%
1.4%1.2%
0.9%0.9%
1.6%0.6%
5.8%1.9%
6.0%3.3%
0.5%0.3%
5.0%3.2%
1.9%1.4%
68.6% 79.0%
27.4% 16.0%
Black Caribbean
Black African
Black Other
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Other Asian
Mixed
Other
Law
All Subjects1.4%
0.9%
2.9%2.1%
1.4%1.2%
0.9%0.9%
1.6%0.6%
5.8%1.9%
6.0%3.3%
0.5%0.3%
5.0%3.2%
1.9%1.4%
68.6% 79.0%
27.4% 16.0%
White Representation:Law – 68.6%All Subjects – 79.0%
Total Ethnic MinorityRepresentation:Law – 27.4%All Subjects – 16.0%
Sou
rce: HE
SA
Stu
den
t Reco
rd
1Th
e mo
st po
pu
lar areas of stud
y for th
is coh
ort w
ere ‘sub
jects allied to
med
icine’ (14
%) fo
llowed
by Bu
siness &
Ad
min
istrative Stu
dies (11%
) and
Ed
ucatio
n (10
%). T
he least p
op
ular su
bject w
as Veterin
ary Scien
ce (0.2
%).
Ethnic Minorities in Law
2.2 UK Universities w
ith the Highest Proportion of Ethnic Minority Students studying Law
In
200
7/200
8 th
ere were 1.9
millio
n U
K d
om
iciled stu
den
ts at UK
un
iversities of wh
ich ju
st un
der 4
percen
t (70,9
75.5
) were stu
dyin
g law
as a sub
ject1 .
Tab
le 1 sh
ows th
e top
25 u
niversities ran
ked by th
e pro
po
rtion
of stud
ents fro
m eth
nic m
ino
rity gro
ups stu
dyin
g law
(200
7-08
). Mid
dlesex U
niversity h
ad
th
e hig
hest p
rop
ortio
n (8
3.6 p
ercent) of stu
den
ts from
ethn
ic min
orities, fo
llowed
by the U
niversity of B
radfo
rd (79
.3 p
ercent) an
d U
niversity of B
edfo
rdsh
ire (76
.0 p
ercent). T
hese 25
un
iversities con
stitute 4
7.7 p
ercent of th
e total p
op
ulatio
n of eth
nic m
ino
rity stud
ents stu
dyin
g L
aw at U
K u
niversities.
Tab
le 1: U
nive
rsities Ran
ked
by P
rop
ortio
n o
f Stu
de
nts fro
m E
thn
ic Min
orities stu
dy
ing
Law
(20
07–0
8)
Ta
ble
1:
Un
ive
rsitie
s R
an
ke
d b
y th
e P
rop
ortio
n o
f Eth
nic
Min
ority
Stu
de
nts
stu
dy
ing
La
w (2
00
7–
08
)
To
p 2
5 U
niv
ers
ities
All
Min
ori
ties
Bla
ck
or
Bla
ck
Britis
h
Ca
ribb
ea
n
Bla
ck
or
Bla
ck
Britis
h
Afric
an
Oth
er
Bla
ck
Ba
ck
gro
un
d
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Ind
ian
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Pa
kis
tan
i
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Ba
ng
lad
es
hi
Ch
ine
se
Oth
er
As
ian
Ba
ck
gro
u
nd
Mix
ed
Eth
nic
ity
Oth
er
% o
f To
tal
BA
ME
La
w
Stu
de
nts
W
hite
s
Mid
dle
se
x U
niv
ers
ity
83
.6%
7
.3%
2
2.9
%
0.9
%
13
.5%
1
6.8
%
6.4
%
0.4
%
5.4
%
3.5
%
6.4
%
2.7
%
13
.8%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Bra
dfo
rd
79
.3%
0
.6%
5
.6%
0
.9%
6
.1%
5
8.6
%
2.8
%
0.3
%
1.1
%
2.6
%
0.8
%
1.8
%
19
.3%
Un
ive
rsity
of B
ed
ford
sh
ire
76
.0%
7
.4%
1
8.8
%
2.6
%
3.5
%
28
.8%
5
.2%
0
.0%
3
.1%
5
.2%
1
.3%
0
.9%
1
6.2
%
Bru
ne
l Un
ive
rsity
7
5.5
%
8.2
%
15
.2%
1
.1%
2
0.4
%
10
.7%
2
.0%
2
.2%
5
.8%
5
.3%
4
.7%
2
.5%
2
2.7
%
Bu
ckin
gh
am
sh
ire N
ew
Un
ive
rsity
7
5.0
%
1.6
%
16
.4%
0
.8%
1
1.7
%
33
.0%
3
.7%
0
.8%
3
.5%
2
.7%
0
.8%
0
.5%
2
4.2
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Ea
st L
on
do
n
73
.3%
7
.3%
2
9.8
%
3.4
%
5.0
%
9.3
%
7.3
%
0.5
%
2.3
%
4.6
%
3.8
%
4.0
%
19
.5%
Th
am
es V
alle
y U
niv
ers
ity
71
.7%
1
0.3
%
19
.6%
2
.5%
1
1.2
%
9.0
%
0.9
%
0.3
%
7.8
%
4.7
%
5.3
%
1.2
%
25
.9%
Lo
nd
on
So
uth
Ba
nk U
niv
ers
ity
70
.3%
9
.5%
2
5.9
%
1.7
%
7.4
%
5.6
%
6.7
%
1.0
%
4.0
%
5.0
%
3.3
%
2.4
%
20
.8%
Birm
ing
ha
m C
ity U
niv
ers
ity
68
.4%
8
.2%
4
.8%
0
.3%
1
6.0
%
25
.4%
5
.2%
1
.0%
2
.3%
4
.2%
0
.8%
3
.0%
3
0.5
%
Th
e S
ch
oo
l of O
rien
tal a
nd
Afric
an
Stu
die
s
67
.2%
3
.7%
1
0.6
%
1.0
%
11
.6%
1
0.6
%
5.4
%
3.1
%
7.7
%
8.3
%
5.2
%
0.9
%
30
.7%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Wo
lve
rha
mp
ton
6
5.0
%
5.2
%
3.8
%
1.1
%
26
.3%
2
0.3
%
2.3
%
0.4
%
1.2
%
3.2
%
1.2
%
4.5
%
31
.4%
Kin
gsto
n U
niv
ers
ity
64
.7%
6
.8%
1
4.4
%
1.0
%
15
.4%
9
.1%
1
.8%
1
.0%
4
.8%
5
.7%
4
.8%
2
.8%
3
2.3
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Gre
en
wic
h
64
.2%
4
.5%
1
6.8
%
1.0
%
6.6
%
8.6
%
12
.4%
1
.9%
4
.2%
3
.9%
4
.4%
1
.4%
3
0.8
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f We
stm
inste
r 6
2.2
%
5.3
%
12
.5%
1
.6%
1
1.9
%
9.9
%
6.4
%
1.4
%
2.7
%
4.2
%
6.4
%
5.5
%
31
.4%
St M
ary
's U
niv
ers
ity C
olle
ge
, Tw
icke
nh
am
6
0.8
%
4.8
%
16
.6%
1
.6%
8
.7%
6
.7%
2
.0%
0
.0%
3
.2%
7
.9%
9
.4%
0
.1%
3
7.2
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Bo
lton
6
0.5
%
2.6
%
8.1
%
0.0
%
9.0
%
31
.4%
0
.9%
1
.7%
1
.7%
5
.1%
0
.0%
0
.4%
3
7.8
%
Un
ive
rsity
of H
ertfo
rdsh
ire
59
.3%
4
.3%
1
5.0
%
0.9
%
14
.3%
8
.2%
2
.5%
1
.1%
4
.2%
4
.3%
4
.4%
3
.3%
3
9.8
%
Co
ve
ntry
Un
ive
rsity
5
8.0
%
3.7
%
13
.7%
1
.0%
1
4.5
%
15
.4%
2
.9%
0
.5%
1
.2%
3
.6%
1
.4%
1
.7%
4
0.4
%
Ro
eh
am
pto
n U
niv
ers
ity
57
.6%
0
.0%
2
1.2
%
12
.1%
6
.1%
6
.1%
0
.0%
0
.0%
6
.1%
6
.1%
0
.0%
0
.0%
4
2.4
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Hu
dd
ers
field
5
0.2
%
1.6
%
2.5
%
0.9
%
3.9
%
33
.1%
3
.2%
0
.7%
1
.6%
1
.8%
0
.9%
2
.0%
4
7.8
%
Un
ive
rsity
of L
on
do
n (In
stitu
tes a
nd
activ
ities)
50
.0%
1
0.0
%
10
.0%
0
.0%
2
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
10
.0%
0
.0%
4
0.0
%
Qu
ee
n M
ary
an
d W
estfie
ld C
olle
ge
4
9.2
%
1.9
%
9.0
%
0.3
%
11
.8%
6
.8%
4
.0%
2
.4%
3
.7%
5
.3%
4
.0%
1
.9%
3
8.5
%
LS
E
48
.2%
1
.5%
4
.7%
0
.0%
1
1.8
%
5.3
%
2.7
%
8.6
%
3.8
%
6.8
%
3.0
%
0.8
%
48
.5%
Le
ed
s T
rinity
an
d A
ll Sa
ints
4
7.1
%
5.9
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
0.0
%
29
.4%
5
.9%
0
.0%
0
.0%
5
.9%
0
.0%
0
.0%
5
2.9
%
De
Mo
ntfo
rt Un
ive
rsity
4
5.9
%
2.6
%
5.8
%
0.4
%
24
.4%
6
.2%
1
.2%
0
.4%
1
.7%
2
.0%
1
.2%
3
.5%
5
2.7
%
To
p 2
5 U
niv
ers
ities
63
.2%
5
.1%
1
2.6
%
1.2
%
14
.0%
1
4.5
%
4.1
%
1.2
%
3.1
%
4.1
%
3.3
%
47
.7%
3
2.9
%
All U
niv
ers
ities (U
K)
27
.4%
1
.9%
5
.0%
0
.5%
6
.0%
5
.8%
1
.6%
0
.9%
1
.4%
2
.9%
1
.4%
1
00
.0%
6
8.6
%
S
ou
rce
: HE
SA
Stu
de
nt R
eco
rd
All Ethnic Minorities
Black Caribbean
Black African
Black Other
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Other Asian
Mixed
Other
% of total BME Law Students
White
Top Universities
Sou
rce: HE
SA
Stu
den
t Reco
rd N
o d
ata on
law as a su
bject w
as available fo
r Imp
erial Co
llege of S
c., Tech. an
d M
edicin
e
Ethnic Minorities in Law
2.3 Russell Group Universities w
ith the Highest Proportion of Ethnic Minority Students studying Law
Table 2
show
s the p
ercentag
e of Law
stud
ents fro
m each
ethn
ic gro
up
at Ru
ssell Gro
up
un
iversities. Lo
nd
on
Sch
oo
l of Eco
no
mics an
d P
olitical S
cience
(LS
E) h
ad th
e hig
hest p
rop
ortio
n (4
8.2
percen
t) of stud
ents fro
m eth
nic m
ino
rities, follow
ed by th
e Un
iversity of Birm
ing
ham
(32.3
percen
t) and
Un
iversity C
olleg
e Lo
nd
on
(31.9 p
ercent). R
ussell G
rou
p u
niversities co
nstitu
te 11.7 p
ercent of th
e total eth
nic m
ino
rity stud
ents stu
dyin
g L
aw in
UK
un
iversities.
Table
2: R
usse
ll Gro
up
Un
iversities R
anke
d by
Pro
po
rtion
of S
tud
en
ts from
Eth
nic M
ino
rities stud
yin
g L
aw (2
00
7–08
)
Ta
ble
2:
Ru
ss
ell G
rou
p U
niv
ers
ities
Ra
nk
ed
by
Pro
po
rtion
of S
tud
en
ts fro
m E
thn
ic M
ino
rities
stu
dy
ing
La
w (2
00
7–
08
)
Ru
ss
ell U
niv
ers
ities
All
Min
oritie
s
Bla
ck
or
Bla
ck
Britis
h
Ca
ribb
ea
n
Bla
ck
or
Bla
ck
Britis
h
Afric
an
Oth
er
Bla
ck
Ba
ck
gro
un
d
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Ind
ian
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Pa
kis
tan
i
As
ian
or
As
ian
Britis
h
Ba
ng
lad
es
hi
Ch
ine
se
Oth
er
As
ian
Ba
ck
gro
u
nd
Mix
ed
Eth
nic
ity
Oth
er
% o
f To
tal
BA
ME
La
w
Stu
de
nts
W
hite
s
Lo
nd
on
Sch
oo
l of E
co
no
mic
s a
nd
Po
litica
l Scie
nce
4
8.2
%
1.5
%
4.7
%
0.0
%
11
.8%
5
.3%
2
.7%
8
.6%
3
.8%
6
.8%
3
.0%
0
.8%
4
8.5
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Birm
ing
ha
m
32
.3%
0
.8%
2
.8%
0
.2%
1
3.0
%
9.0
%
0.8
%
0.9
%
0.9
%
3.2
%
0.6
%
1.0
%
61
.4%
Un
ive
rsity
Co
lleg
e L
on
do
n
31
.9%
0
.9%
3
.8%
0
.4%
9
.6%
2
.6%
0
.4%
3
.2%
3
.0%
3
.8%
4
.2%
0
.9%
6
2.9
%
Kin
g's
Co
lleg
e L
on
do
n
29
.6%
1
.3%
3
.9%
0
.2%
8
.0%
3
.5%
0
.6%
2
.4%
3
.2%
5
.1%
1
.6%
1
.7%
6
5.5
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Wa
rwic
k
22
.1%
1
.7%
4
.0%
0
.8%
5
.7%
2
.3%
0
.6%
1
.4%
2
.1%
3
.0%
0
.5%
0
.6%
7
4.0
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f No
tting
ha
m
20
.4%
0
.3%
2
.9%
0
.3%
5
.1%
0
.7%
0
.3%
1
.7%
1
.4%
6
.4%
1
.2%
0
.6%
7
7.2
%
Th
e U
niv
ers
ity o
f Ma
nch
este
r 2
0.1
%
0.8
%
2.5
%
0.0
%
4.8
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All Ethnic Minorities
Black Caribbean
Black African
Black Other
Indian
Pakistani
Bangladeshi
Chinese
Other Asian
Mixed
Other
% of total BME Law Students
White
Top Universities
07 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Ethnic Minorities in Law
Russell Group Universities
Ethnic Minorities in Law
82%Barristers
81%Judges
53%Partners
In 2008, BME solicitors, on average, had less post qualification experience: the mean for White solicitors was 13.26 compared to 7.88 for BME solicitors.
l BME solicitors tended to be younger with an average age of 36.7 compared to an average of 40.5 for the White group. (Both the PQE and age differences confirm lower levels of BME participation in the market historically.)
l Tenure in their current job was also lower, on average, for BME solicitors than for White solicitors (4.51 years compared with 7.28).
l BME solicitors were much more likely to work in smaller firms with 2-5 solicitors and less likely than White solicitors to work in larger firms with 41 to 170 solicitors.
l BME solicitors were more than twice as likely to work in majority-female- owned firms.
Source: The Law Society - Ethnicity and earnings in private practice; Findings
from the 2008 salary survey June 2009
l Over one-quarter of BME solicitors (29%) worked in firms which were owned by a majority of BME partners/owners but this was the case for just 0.2% of White solicitors.
l Over one-quarter of BME solicitors worked with legally aided clients in the preceding 12 months compared to 16% of White solicitors; and of those working with legal aid clients, BME solicitors were much more likely to spend over 50% of their time on legal aid than White solicitors – 80% of BME legal aid solicitors spent more than 50% of their time on legal aid compared to 44% of ethnic legal aid solicitors (but this calculation is based on an unweighted base of just 39 BME solicitors).
l BME solicitors were less likely to undertake work in business and commercial affairs cases and more likely to work in the areas of crime, family and personal and financial management.
FAST FACTSMore ethnic minority differences in private practice
What’s Class got to do with itAn analysis of the educational background of top legal professionals by the Sutton Trust found that, in 2004, 82% of UK-educated barristers, 81% of judges and 53% of the partners in ‘magic circle’ law firms had attended Oxford or Cambridge. Two-thirds of barristers and three-quarters of judges also went to fee-paying schools, and there has been little change in this since the late 1980s!
Source: The Educational Backgrounds of the UK’s Top Solicitors, Barristers and Judges, Sutton Trust briefing note, June 2005
08 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Ethnic Minorities in Law
Key facts on the solicitors’ profession
Ethnic Minorities in Law
Ethnic minority participation
Solicitors of ethnic minority origin have entered the profession in larger numbers in recent years. At 31 July 2008, there were 14,892 ethnic minority solicitors on the Roll, of whom 11,249 (75.5%) held current practising certificates.
Solicitors from ethnic minority groups on the Roll as at 31 July 2008
Solicitors from ethnic minority ethnic groups with pcs as at 31 July 2008
In other words, excluding those for whom the ethnicity is unknown, solicitors from ethnic minority groups accounted for 10.7 percent of all solicitors on the Roll, 10.0 percent of all solicitors with practising certificates, and 9.5 percent of all solicitors in private practice.
Trends in the last ten years - The solicitors’ profession
Ten years ago the percentage of practising certificate holders drawn from ethnic minority groups was 4.9%, - it is now 10%.
Source: The Law Society 2008 – Fact sheet series Key Facts on the solicitors’ profession.
14,892 10.7%% of all solicitors
11,249 10.0%% of all solicitors
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