DIVERSITY DATA

The Board of Trustees

As of March 2023, our board is comprised 9 trustees. All trustees disclosed their ethnicity and the results can be seen below.

CWJ Employees

In December 2023, we had a total of 14 employees. ‘Employees’ includes anyone on the CWJ payroll including fixed-term contracts but does not include individuals employed on a consultancy basis. All 14 employees disclosed their ethnicity and the results are below. 

Ethnicity Pay Gap

The ethnicity pay gap shows the disparity in the average wage between Black, Asian and minoritised staff and staff members from a non-minoritised white ethnic background. The pay gap is expressed as a percentage. 

As CWJ is a small organisation we use mean (or average) figures which are calculated by dividing the team’s total salary by the number of employees.

‘Employees’ includes anyone on the CWJ payroll including fixed-term contracts but does not include individuals employed on a consultancy basis. 

The pay gap for staff employed at any point during January – December 2023 (a total of 16 employees) was -3%. This signifies that Black and Asian employees working within CWJ in 2023 were on average paid 3% more than White employees. 

Recruitment

For roles advertised Jan 2021- Dec 2023 (3 years), 47 applicants disclosed their ethnicity. Please note applications for the Internship for Black and Minoritsied women are not included here.

CWJ Legal Mentors

 As of March 2021, 12 solicitors and 11 barristers have volunteered to become mentors for Black, Asian and minoritised women seeking pupillages at the bar or solicitor training contracts, or who are already in the legal profession and seeking a mentor outside their own workplace.