ABOUT us
ABOUT us
Steering group
This is made up of diversity and inclusion leads from the eight founding firms. They will guide the direction of Legal CORE and set the strategic plans for initiatives in consultation with member firms. The group is co-chaired by two firms currently held by Slaughter and May and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Legal CORE steering group
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Charlotte Yirrell
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Manager, UK, US and EMEA – Herbert Smith Freehills
Louise Zekaria
Director of Diversity and Inclusion – Macfarlanes
Helen Ouseley
Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Jo Dooley
Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
–A&O Shearman
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Nina Goswami
Head of Inclusion UK -
Clifford Chance LLP
Nicole Williams
Counsel, Global Co-Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging - Ashurst
Uzma Hamid-Dizier
CO-CHAIR
Director of Responsible Business & Inclusion - Slaughter and May
Joanna Harris
CO-CHAIR
Head of Responsible Business and Wellbeing - EMEA – Norton Rose Fulbright
Louisa Awolaja
Senior Manager, Global Race Strategy- Linklaters
Leadership Group
This is made up of senior partners, managing partners and D&I partners. Individuals will be invited to attend a wider ‘plenary session’, where new ideas will be presented back to them.
Role of the Leadership Group
Ambassadors for the collaboration | Commit their firm to be actively involved | Lead the change at their respective firms.
Partners in the Leadership Group
Gareth Price, Allen & Overy
Matthew Layton, Clifford Chance
Mark Samson, Freshfields
Alison Brown, Herbert Smith Freehills
Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters
Luke Powell, Macfarlanes
Farmida Bi, Norton Rose Fulbright (Co-Chair)
Deborah Finkler, Slaughter and May (Co-Chair)
members group
This is made up from two representatives (diversity and inclusion or HR lead) from each participating firm.
The role of the Members Group
Actively contribute to the work stream sub-groups | Show support for the initiative, ensure internal engagement within your firm and aim to implement the learnings where possible | Work collaboratively with the Steering Group.