Trailblazer Mirjam de Blécourt I Role Models
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Mirjam de Blécourt on gender equality and why it is important to have role models and mentors in your career.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Mirjam de Blécourt on gender equality and why it is important to have role models and mentors in your career.
It is easy to be cynical about corporate social responsibility (CSR). But the reality is that the days of CSR as “window dressing” are all but dead and gone. Today, CSR is much more about compliance, legal and business risk and business trust than it is about marketing or PR.
Deliberate equitability and inclusion – Elevate Services is a signatory of the EQUAL in LEGAL Statement and known for its efforts to drive equitability and
Dentons is a signatory to the EQUAL in LEGAL statement and as world’s largest law firm they want to promote an inclusive, forward-thinking, and innovative
Susie Beaumont and Craig Allwright – both in-house lawyers at the OLX Group – inspire us with their approach towards Diversity & Inclusion. “We regard D&I as a “business imperative” that needs to be at the heart of everything we do.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Isabelle Deschamps on the importance of D&I: “We need to make improvements every single day.”
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Tiernan Brady on the importance of equality: “We need to see Equality as a permanent campaign with a goal but no finish line.”
Contribution by Randstad Global Legal
After exploring the theory around D&I for some time, the in-house legal team at Randstad Global wanted to go beyond the policy on paper. They felt it was time to put D&I in practice. Randstad Global Legal offered Hamza Enes Kaya, a Turkish lawyer and political refugee in the Netherlands, an internship within their department.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Lamin Khadar is passionate about the idea of combining pro bono with inclusion and diversity efforts.
EQUAL in LEGAL Trailblazer Natalie Runyon has a deep belief in inclusion and fairness as an ally to women, people of color, individuals identifying as LGBTQ, and disabilities, among others.
