Carlsons Solicitors participates in the SRA (Solicitors Regulation Authority) ‘Diversity in the Legal Profession’ data collection exercise. As part of this we are required to publish a summary of our workforce diversity data. Everyone who works at the practice is invited to complete the data collection exercise and in the most recent survey, 69.23% of those eligible completed it. 

This data below is representative of those who responded to the SRA diversity survey in 2025.

Disability

5.56% of those who responded consider themselves to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010. 

(The Equality Act defines a disabled person as someone who has a mental or physical impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities).

Social Mobility

What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were 14?

44.46% of respondents’ parents were Modern professional and traditional professional occupations

5.56% of respondents’ parents were clerical and intermediate occupations

22.22% of respondents’ parents were technical and craft occupations

11.10% of respondents’ parents were routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations

5.56% of respondents’ parents were small business owners who employed less than 25 people

11.10% of respondents’ parents were senior, middle, or junior managers or administrators.

Which type of school did you attend for the most time between the ages of 11 and 16?

50% attended a state-run or state-funded school (non selective)

16.67% attended a state-run or state-funded school (selective on faith, academic or other grounds)

22.22% attended an independent / fee-paying school, where no bursary or a bursary covering less than 90% of tuition

11.11% attended a school outside of the UK

Did either of your parents attend university and gain a degree by the time you were 18?

55.56% of respondents’ parents did not attend university by the time they were 18

38.89% of respondents’ parents did attend university by the time they were 18

5.55% of respondents do not know or are unsure.

Caring responsibilities

Primary carer for children
50% of respondents have primary carer responsibilities for a child under 18

Caring for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age
5.56% of respondents look after someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity) (1-19 hours per week)