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of a judicial path for solicitors – within firms and
within individuals themselves.
d) The JAC and SRA should be asked to conduct a
joint study/survey to investigate solicitors’
perceptions about the judicial appointments
system, including the likelihood of considering a
judicial career, to identify barriers and incentives
to considering a judicial career.
e) There also needs to be a detailed examination
into why success rates for solicitors plummet the
higher the level of appointment.

3. Insufficient a) All advertisements should make clear that
application rates flexible working is possible.
from women
b) High Court advertisements should make clear
that judges appointed will not be required to go
on circuit.
c) More needs to be done to highlight the success
rates of senior women applicants and steady
increase in the overall proportion of women in
the judiciary
d) Court of Appeal and Supreme Court
appointments should be made from outside the
serving judiciary.
e) The reasons why women are not applying in line
with their proportion of the eligible pool needs to
be investigated.

5. Socio-economic a) The application process, which appears to
background prejudice those from lower socio-economic
backgrounds, should be investigated further.
6. Disability a) There needs to be more concerted judicial
training on disability and reasonable
accommodation for disabled practitioners.
b) The particular challenges for disabled students in
accessing the legal professions need to be

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