SRA Legal Diversity Survey 2025

Role categories within the workplace

ROLE CATEGORIES Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Chartered legal executive 0
Full equity solicitor partner 2 2
Managerial role 2 2
Other fee earning role 0
Role directly supporting a fee earner 0
Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner 2 2
Solicitor (not partner) 6 6
IT/HR/Other corporate services role 1 1
Total 13

Which age category are you in?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
16 - 24 7 1
35 - 44 5 2 5
45 - 54 1 1 2 1 1
Total 13

What is your sex?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Male 4 1 1 2
Female 9 1 1 2 4 1
Other
Total 13

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

Sexual Orientation Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes 13 2 2 2 6 1
No 0
Total 13

Disabilities in the workplace according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes 1 1
No 12 2 1 2 6 1
Prefer not to say 0
Total 13

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?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes 0
No 13 2 2 2 6 1
Prefer not to say 0
Total 13

What is your religion or belief?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Christian 4 2 1 1
No religion or belief 8 1 1 5 1
Prefer not to say 1 1
Total 13

What is your ethnic group?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner)
British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish 12 1 1 2 1 1 2 4
Chinese 1 1
Prefer not to say 0
Total 13

What is your sexual orientation?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Gay / Lesbian
Hetrosexual 13 2 2 2 6 1
Other preferred description
Prefer not to say
Total 13

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

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Attended a school outside the UK
State-run or state-funded (non-selective) 11 1 2 2 5 1
State-run or state-funded (selective on academic, faith or other grounds) 2 1 1
Independent/fee paying school with no bursary or less than 90%
Total 13

Did either of your parents attend university and gain a degree (eg BA/BSc or equivalent) by the time you were 18?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes, one or both 4 2 1 5
No, neither 8 2 1 1
Prefer not to say 1 1
Total 13

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

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Modern professional 4 2 2
Small business owner 3 1 1
Prefer not to say 2 1 1
Senior, middle, or junior manager 1 1
Technical and craft 1 1
Routine, semi-routine, manual and service 1 1
Clerical and intermediate 1 1
Total 13

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

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes 9 1 1 2 4 1
No 4 1 1 2
Total 13

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)?

Totals Chartered legal executive Full equity solicitor partner Managerial role Other fee earning role Role directly supporting a fee earner Salaried or partial equity solicitor partner Solicitor (not partner) IT/HR/Other corporate services role
Yes 12 2 2 1 6 1
No 0
Prefer not to say 1 1
Total 13