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Racial Bias and the Bench: A response to the Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2020-2025

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Dates:18 October 2022
Times:18:00 - 19:30
What is it:Webinar
Organiser:School of Social Sciences
Who is it for:University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public
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Please join us 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.

Researchers found a profound disparity between the conclusions of the 5-year strategy that the justice system is basically fair and that there has been progress in diversity and inclusion versus the widespread views and experiences of the legal professionals surveyed that racial bias plays a significant role in the justice system.

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

Location: online

The report is the product of a Simon Industrial & Professional Fellowship in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester and grows out of a research fellowship from the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

The event is sponsored by The University of Manchester; Garden Court Chambers; and the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE).

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