CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY & INCLUSION
TOP LAW FIRM FOR EQUALITY 100% rating in the
All our people are encouraged to spend two days a year volunteering in the community. For the past three years, we have been recognised in the GivX awards for our investment in the community. Community & Environment
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W idening E ntry I nto L aw supports around 350 state school students a year through a series of employability programmes facilitated by employees.
We have developed an award-winning approach to Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion (CR&I) which enables our people to use their time and skills to improve the social and economic mobility of our clients, colleagues and communities. Our CR&I strategy is built on four areas; each championed by two partners and a committee of employees from across the office.
Corporate Equality Index – Human Rights Campaign Foundation 2019
HIGHEST PLACED LAW FIRM FOR INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS GivX Awards
BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRM FOR DIVERSITY Euromoney Americas Women in Business Law Awards 2019
Community@Weil
Our people are offered a menu of skills-based volunteering opportunities
to support social entrepreneurs, grass-roots community organisations such as soup kitchens and food banks, and to become board members of schools and charities.
MOST INCLUSIVE FIRM FOR LGBT+ LAWYERS Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019
IN 2019, WE PROVIDED 12,885 HOURS OF ADVICE AT AN AVERAGE OF 70 HOURS PER LAWYER
Improving Lives and Raising Aspirations
Our five-year fundraising strategy aims to raise £500,000 for a group of small charities that punch well above their weight in tackling homelessness, reducing poverty and improving social mobility.
Well-being
Inclusion
Our well-being strategy aims to help our people to feel physically and mentally well. We offer a first class suite of benefits including on-site massages, physio, manicures, yoga, mindfulness, shoe-shine and fresh fruit every morning. We also have football, netball and softball teams and a Walks & Talks group. In addition, nutritious and delicious food, subsidised by the firm, is served in Cafe110, our in-house restaurant. We also regularly host expert speakers in the well-being space and have an active Mental Health Discussion Group, Mental Health First Aiders, and mandatory training on mental health.
In 1931, Weil was founded in New York by a group of aspiring lawyers who were denied opportunities in the legal profession because of their religious beliefs. Today, our heritage still inspires us to continually strive to foster a culture which enables people from all backgrounds to flourish and reach their full potential. We do this by putting on regular inclusion training sessions which cover all aspects of inclusion, diversity, behaviour and belonging. In addition, we have a number of employee networking groups with the ultimate goal of enhancing recruitment and retention of people from all backgrounds; Women@Weil, WeilPride, Multicultural Action Group (MAG), Black Attorney Affinity Group (BAAG) and SocialMobility@Weil.
Pro Bono
All lawyers are expected to perform 50 hours of pro bono work per year, with all hours counted as billable. We work with a number of law centres, leading charities, NGO’s and social enterprises, with a focus on access to justice and social finance. In 2019, our lawyers provided 12,885 hours of pro bono advice at an average of 70 hours per lawyer. One of our proudest achievements was helping Micro Rainbow open the UK’s first ever safe-house for LGBTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers.
Weil Green
We have developed an ISO 50001 Energy Management System, the highest accreditation for environmental performance. You will not find any single-use plastic in the London office, but you will find LED lights, accessible recycling points, and flowerbeds literally buzzing with activity thanks to the work of Urban Bees. You may even find a bee hotel on our roof terrace.
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