On Thursday 5 October, Leicester Law School had the pleasure of hosting Lady Hale, Baroness of Richmond, to deliver a talk entitled ‘Law and Life’.

Lady Hale was particularly keen to address the younger members of the audience with local secondary school pupils in attendance, and to instil within them the attitude that they should feel able to pursue whatever career they wanted and not be put off by gendered reputations of certain subjects. As the first women judge in the highest court in the UK, and the only woman to ever serve as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Lady Hale is known for being a passionate advocate for diversity in the judiciary. She gave an inspiring talk in favour of judicial diversity and the importance of the Supreme Court, engaging her audience in thought experiments and inserting jokes to lighten the mood in order to take her diverse audience with her on her journey through her life in law.

The event was supported by us at DG Legal and Leicestershire Law Society and was attended by members of the executive committee of Leicestershire Law Society, students from both Leicester Law School and De Montfort Law School, and local secondary school pupils.