Role in Firm

• Full equity solicitor partners (Partners, members or directors who are not solicitors should be recorded in the ‘Managerial role’ category below) – 5%
• IT/HR/other corporate services role (Not an authorised person and not individuals in a managerial role – includes finance or accountancy roles) – 10%
• Managerial role (Includes non-lawyer managers, directors, or members and others such as practice managers, finance, or account managers etc) – 4%
• Other fee earning role (Includes fee earners such as trainee solicitors, members of CILEx who are not Chartered Legal
• Executives (Fellows), or CILEx Practitioners and paralegals i.e. those who are not ‘authorised persons’) – 19%
• Prefer not to say – 4%
• Role directly supporting a fee earner (Includes legal secretaries, administrators, legal assistants, or non-fee earning paralegals) – 11%
• Salaried or partial equity (Partners, members or directors who are not solicitors should be recorded in the ‘Managerial role’ category below) – 6%
• Solicitor (not partner) (All other practicing solicitors including assistant solicitors, associates, or consultants) – 33%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Age

• 16–24 – 6%
• 25-34 – 30%
• 35-44 – 25%
• 45-54 – 10%
• 55-64 – 13%
• 65+ – 2%
• Prefer not to say – 6%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

What is your sex?

Female – 58%
Male – 28%
Prefer not to say – 6%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth

Prefer not to say – 5%
Yes – 88%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010?

No – 82%
Prefer not to say – 6%
Yes – 3%
Didn’t answer the question – 1%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months?

No – 77%
Prefer not to say – 7%
Yes, limited a little – 7%
Yes, limited a lot – 1%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

What is your ethnic group?

• Asian / Asian British – Any other Asian background – 1%
• Asian / Asian British – Indian – 11%
• Asian / Asian British – Pakistani – 1%
• Mixed / Multiple ethnic group – Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background – 2%
• Mixed / Multiple ethnic group – White and Asian – 1%
• Prefer not to say – 9%
• White – Any other White background – 6%
• White – Irish – 2%
• White – British / English / Welsh / Northern Irish / Scottish – 61%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

What is your religion or belief?

Any other religion or belief – 4%
Christian – 38%
Hindu – 2%
Jewish – 2%
Muslim – 2%
No religion or belief – 28%
Prefer not to say – 9%
Sikh – 8%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

What is your sexual orientation?

• Bi – 2%
• Gay/Lesbian – 2%
• Heterosexual – 81%
• Other preferred description – 1%
• Prefer not to say – 7%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Which type of school did you attend for the most time between the ages of 11 and 16?

• Attended school outside the UK – 2%
• Don’t know / not sure – 2%
• Independent / fee-paying school where I received no bursary or a bursary covering less than 90% of my tuition – 21%
• Prefer not to say – 6%
• State-run or state-funded school (non-selective) – 35%
• State-run or state-funded school (selective on academic, faith or other grounds) – 27%
• Didn’t complete the question – 1%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Did either of your parents attend university and gain a degree (eg BA/BSc or equivalent) by the time you were 18?

• Don’t know / not sure – 2%
• No, neither of my parents attended university – 41%
• Prefer not to say – 10%
• Yes, one or both of my parents attended university – 40%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were about 14?

• Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse – 5%
• Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanical engineer – 27%
• Other, such as: retired / this question does not apply to me / I don’t know – 3%
• Prefer not to say – 11%
• Routine, semi-routine, manual, and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff – 6%
• Senior, middle, or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager – 23%
• Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner – 7%
• Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver – 9%
• Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Are you a primary carer for a child or children under 18?

No – 58%
Prefer not to say – 6%
Yes – 29%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%

Do you look after or care for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity)?

No – 76%
Prefer not to say – 8%
Yes, 1-19 hours a week – 5%
Yes, 20-49 hours a week – 3%
Yes, 50 or more hours a week – 1%
Didn’t complete the survey – 7%