Our Graduate Trainee Programme

The Social Mobility Committee play a crucial and strategic role in unlocking opportunity and driving a level playing field for all who wish to enter the legal sector, through events, awareness campaigns and more.

The committee look at a variety of different aspects of social mobility, such as routes into employment, recruitment, progression and culture.

The Pride Steering Committee drives the work of this strand to provide opportunities for LGBTQIA+ staff and allies to network, cross-refer and provide mutual support, as well as collaborate on firmwide initiatives and events.

The wider Pride Network is designed to give visibility and support to the LGBTQIA+ community, both inside and outside of the Firm. The network is open to anyone who is interested in actively supporting and promoting LGBTQIA+ inclusion initiatives.

The Disability Equity Committee focuses on promoting disability inclusion as part of our strategic agenda, raising awareness and understanding about disability. They aim to create an inclusive and open environment, in which current and future colleagues with a disability are able easily to obtain the support they need to succeed in performing their roles and during our interview/assessment processes.

The committee is supported by a wider interest group on disability and accessibility which aims to establish an informal support network, raise awareness within the firm and share lived experience.

The Gender Steering Committee focuses on gathering feedback on gender-related issues within the firm and across the legal profession, with the aim of improving diversity across the board and meeting the Firm’s diversity targets. They have looked at topics including Imposter Syndrome, menopause, shared parental leave, men’s mental health and more.

The committee also runs a Working Group on Gender, to allow people from across the firm to engage with initiatives, share their insights as well as their personal experience.

Our M:Powered Women initiative engages our network of female business owners and decision makers with a variety of content including podcasts, articles and live events. 

Our Race Equity Committee is focused on initiatives that move us all towards an anti-racist mind-set and create permanent, systemic change within the firm and ultimately help Mishcon de Reya reflect the diversity of the society in which we live.

Mishcon M:BRACE is our Race Equity Network, which brings together people within the firm and our wider community. The network helps ensure the visibility of Mishcon's growing, ethnically diverse population and that people feel a sense of belonging, inclusion and recognition.