What have members been talking about on social media?
It has been a busy few months for CILEX and members have taken to social media to respond to the public launch of the CPQ, Justice Week and CILEX’s Christmas giveaway competition.
The CPQ launch and Professor Chris Bones’s comments on the importance of diversity in the legal profession saw members comment on their own experiences of discrimination and offer encouragement to potential students.
As well as working with the Law Society and Bar Council on research into public attitudes to the justice system, Justice Week saw CILEX take part in a Justice Week Question Time and co-author an article for The Times on what justice should look like in a post-lockdown world.
In December CILEX ran a festive competition to get to know members better. Twitter followers were asked to answer a different question every day, with the opportunity to win training sessions, books and chocolate treats. Members told us about the most important things they had learnt through work experience, which areas of law they wanted to get into and what their favourite study snack is…