1. Role categories

Select one category which best describes your role in the firm. (Reference to solicitors includes Registered Foreign Lawyers).

Solicitor partner (sole practitioner, member, or director)

Members or directors who are not solicitors should be recorded in the ‘Managerial role’ category below.

20%

Solicitor (not partner)

All other practising solicitors including assistant solicitors, associates, or consultants. 

20%

Other fee earning role

Includes fee earners such as trainee solicitors, members of CILEx who are not Chartered Legal Executives (Fellows), or CILEx Practitioners and paralegals i.e. those who are not ‘authorised persons’.

Role directly supporting a fee earner

Includes legal secretaries, administrators, legal assistants, or non-fee earning paralegals.

40%

Managerial role

Includes non-lawyer managers, directors, or members and others such as practice managers, finance, or account managers etc.

IT/HR/other corporate services role

Not an authorised person and not individuals in a managerial role – includes finance or accountancy roles.

20%

Barrister

Individuals authorised by the Bar Standards Board.

Chartered Legal Executive (Fellow)/ CILEx Practitioner

Individuals authorised by CILEx Regulation.

Licensed Conveyancer

Individuals authorised by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.

Patent or Trade Mark Attorney

Individuals authorised by the Intellectual Property Regulation Board.

Costs Lawyer

Individuals authorised by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board.

Notary

Individuals authorised by the Master of the Faculties.

Prefer not to say

2. Which age category are you in?

16 – 24   

25 – 34   

20%

35 – 44   

20%

45 – 54   

55 – 64   

40%

65+

20%

Prefer not to say

3. What is your sex?

Male       

40%

Female

60%

Other preferred description

Prefer not to say

4. Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth?

Yes                             

100%

No

Prefer not to say

5. Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010?

The Equality Act defines a disabled person as someone who has a mental or physical impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. If you have a condition which fits the Equality Act definition, please tick ‘Yes’ even if you are not limited by your condition.

Yes         

No

100%

Prefer not to say

6. Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months?

Yes, limited a lot

Yes, limited a little

20%

No

80%

Prefer not to say

7. What is your ethnic group?

Asian / Asian British

Bangladeshi

Chinese

Indian      

80%

Pakistani 

Any other Asian background

Black / Black British

African

Caribbean         

Any other Black background   

Mixed / Multiple ethnic group

White and Asian

White and Black African

White and Black Caribbean

Any other Mixed / Multiple ethnic background

White

British / English / Welsh / Northern Irish / Scottish            

20%

Irish        

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

Roma

Any other White background   

Other ethnic group

Arab

Any other ethnic group 

Prefer not to say

Prefer not to say                                                  

8. Which type of school did you attend for the most time between the ages of 11 and 16?

If you changed schools, please base your answer on the last two years of your education.

State-run or state-funded school (selective on academic, faith or other grounds)                                                      

State-run or state-funded school (non-selective)

5

Independent / fee-paying school

Independent / fee-paying school where I received a bursary covering 90% or more of my tuition                

Attended school outside the UK

Don’t know / not sure

Prefer not to say          

9. Did either of your parents attend university by the time you were 18?

No, neither of my parents attended university

100%

Yes, one or both of my parents attended university

Don’t know / not sure

Prefer not to say

10. What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were about 14?

Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanical engineer.

20%

Senior, middle, or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager.

Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse.

20%

Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver.

Routine, semi-routine, manual, and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff.

Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner.

40%

Long term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)

Other, such as: retired / this question does not apply to me / I don’t know

20%

Prefer not to say

11. Are you a primary carer for a child or children under 18?

Yes

No

100%

Prefer not to say          

12. Do you look after or care for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity)?

No                                                                                

100%

Yes, 1 – 19 hours a week        

Yes, 20 – 49 hours a week      

Yes, 50 or more hours a week

Prefer not to say