Source: Legal Cheek
By Anuja Venkataramani
Ahead of her appearance at this month’s virtual student event, Slaughter and May partner Jane Edwarde discusses the firm’s focus on creating a supportive and welcoming culture and its new social mobility targets.
Slaughter and May’s Jane Edwarde trained and qualified in Scotland before making the switch to the bright lights of London in 2001 — a change she thought would only be short-term at the time.
Fast-forward to today and Edwarde wears several hats at the Magic Circle firm. She is involved in trainee recruitment, is a diversity and inclusion partner, as well as a sponsoring partner for Collaborate, Slaughter and May’s legal tech programme. “I don’t think I would find other jobs or firms that are as interesting”, notes Edwarde, who on top of all this also heads up the firm’s busy real estate team…
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