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Recommendation 4
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It is important that the legal professions properly represent the society they serve, not least...
Recommendation
It is important that the legal professions properly represent the society they serve, not least because they form a large part of the pool from which the Judiciary is drawn. The MOJ should set out what it will do to make sure that coronavirus restrictions on the justice system do not disproportionately affect the incomes of Black, Asian and minority ethnic or state-educated legal professionals, nor reduce their ability or desire to enter and work in the courts and tribunals system.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discusses its consideration of the Law Society's proposals for Standard Monthly Payments for Legal Aid providers and their reasons for not adopting them, failing to address the recommendation regarding the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 restrictions on BAME and state-educated legal professionals.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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• We will continue to review conditions for practitioners of all backgrounds as the volume of work in courts resumes to pre-COVID levels. • As part of the next phase of the ongoing Criminal Legal Aid Review there will be an independently-led review which will review the entire criminal legal aid system. This review will aim to ensure that defendants receive high quality representation by a diverse set of practitioners, both now and in the future, and will consider measures to improve the diversity of the criminal legal aid profession.
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