Building diverse teams isn't just an ambition—it's how we work. We're creating an inclusive culture where everyone has the space, support and freedom to thrive.
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Inclusion & Diversity
We’re building inclusive relationships with colleagues and clients to create a more empowering, equitable future.
Unlimited Partnership
It’s integral to our approach, what we call having an unlimited partnership with people. An unlimited approach to developing personal and collaborative relationships is what makes us different.
Surveys amongst our team and our clients endorse this. It is a common thread, at the heart of our vision, our business plan and our values.
Every interaction matters. We create welcoming spaces, build diverse teams that reflect your world, and support your own D&I ambitions through workshops and seminars. Most importantly, we keep the conversation going—about progress made and the opportunities ahead.
Our ideas in action
Unify
Unify works to celebrate Fladgate’s diversity of race, religion and ethnicity. We have adopted the Halo Code - championing the rights of colleagues to wear Afro-textured hair with pride and pledging to fight hair discrimination. We are also members of LegalCORE, a working group of law firms designed to work collaboratively to drive action and the Race Fairness Commitment.
Gender Equality
Our gender group works to improve the recruitment, retention, and development of our female talent to ensure that women at Fladgate thrive. As signatories to the Women in the Law pledge, we’re playing our part in transforming the business of law by improving gender balance at all levels of our firm.
Enable Network
Enable is our disability and neurodiversity network, championing an inclusive workspace where colleagues with visible and non-visible disabilities can thrive. Enable offers practical resources, learning, and a voice that helps shape how we work—so everyone can perform at their best
Mental Health and Wellbeing network
Covering Mental Health, Physical Health, Financial Wellbeing, Social and CSR.
The firm’s Mental Health First Aiders support any colleague experiencing mental ill-health or distress. Fladgate employees also benefit from a Virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme, and weekly personal training and yoga sessions. We offer online mortgage advice clinics and financial wellbeing webinars.
Social Inclusion
We introduced our Solicitor Apprenticeship programme in 2022 and support a range of alternative routes to qualification. As members of the PRIME fair access to legal work experience initiative, we commit to providing meaningful legal work experience to school-age students who might not have otherwise had the opportunity. We proudly partner with IntoUniversity to reach a diverse range of students from across London. We also select students to return for a week-long placement, for skills and employability exercises and the chance to attend court with our lawyers.
Without Prejudice
Our network is building a safe space for LGBTQ+ staff and cultivating understanding amongst all colleagues with talks and awareness days.
Our network has improved Fladgate’s working practices and nurtures our LGBTQ+ talent through mentoring, networking, professional advice, and career progression support. As a member of LeGal BesT, the network works collaboratively with other law firms to share best practice and drive change.
We currently measure our success and progress in six key areas:
I&D Partner Lead
“As the I&D leader I want to build on the work already made by the firm to be friendly, open, supportive of each other and to value diversity. There is plenty to build on, reflected in the results of our recent staff survey - 89% of us agreed that we can be ourselves at work, and 86% believe that positive progress is being made in creating an inclusive, diverse place to work.”
Download the firm's 2026 Gender Pay Gap Report. This represents a snapshot of our gender pay figures from April 2024-2025.
Download the firm’s Diversity Data Report to see a full breakdown of our diversity statistics as at June 2025, covering gender, ethnic group, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion.
Helen Curtis-Goulding
Partner
What we’re doing
This is an ongoing pursuit with lots still to achieve, and so we ask everyone to contribute. Our strategy is modelled around engagement. We seek to understand how people feel, and look for risk in these discussions and not comfort.
We reflect on what behaviours, biases and mind-sets need to change, and adapt our training programmes for inclusive behaviour and unconscious bias accordingly. Volunteers across the firm come together to make up our Inclusion and Diversity task force. Partner Helen Curtis-Goulding leads the team to work on our Inclusion & Diversity Action Plan, which she takes to Fladgate’s Board on a monthly basis.
Teams across the firm, working as part of both strategic initiatives as well as informal networks, collaborate to shape our culture from the ground up.