How Many
Racialized Licensees Identified Barriers and Challenges?
The research apparently showed that «43 % of
racialized licensees identified ethnic / racial identity as a barrier / challenge to advancement».
This gave rise to the final report to Convocation in 2016, Working Together for Change: Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions, which found that forty per cent of
racialized licensees identified their ethnic / racial identity as a barrier to entry to practise, while 43 per cent cited their ethnic / racial identity as a barrier to advancement.
Forty percent (40 %) of
racialized licensees identified their ethnic / racial identity as a barrier to entry to practice, while only 3 % of non-
racialized licensees identified ethnic / racial identity as a barrier.
Not exact matches
Key informants, focus group participants and survey respondents
identified racialization as a significant factor that shapes the experiences and career outcomes of
racialized licensees.
And it is important to remember that 57 % of the
racialized licensees who completed the survey did not
identify «ethnic / racial identity as a barrier / challenge to advancement.»
The Law Society of Upper Canada created the Challenges Faced by
Racialized Licensees Working Group in 2012 to identify the challenges faced by racialized lawyers and paralegals and consider strategies for enhanced inclusion at all care
Racialized Licensees Working Group in 2012 to
identify the challenges faced by
racialized lawyers and paralegals and consider strategies for enhanced inclusion at all care
racialized lawyers and paralegals and consider strategies for enhanced inclusion at all career stages.