Racial Bias and the Bench – Report launch - 18.10.22 at 18:00pm

Please our friends for the launch of a new report that raises urgent questions about racial attitudes, procedures and practices in the English and Welsh justice system focusing on judicial office holders.

In 2020 the Lord Chief Justice launched the Judicial Diversity & Inclusion Strategy at a time of raised public concern about the treatment of Black and other ethnic minority people in the justice system. This report assesses the terms of the strategy and draws on findings from a new survey of legal professionals.

During this 90-minute session, we will share our findings and welcome feedback from the audience

Speakers include:

Keir Monteith KC – Garden Court Chambers; University of Manchester Simon Fellow

Professor Leslie Thomas KC – Garden Court Chambers; Gresham College

Professor Eithne Quinn – Arts, Languages & Cultures, University of Manchester

Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury – Presidential Fellow, Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity, University of Manchester

Professor Andrea Dennis – John Byrd Martin Chair of Law, University of Georgia

Stephanie Needleman, Legal Director and Lawyer, JUSTICE

Please note that the event is online, free and open to all, but booking is essential. 

Please book here.