Diversity
As a growing global law firm, attracting and retaining talent from a variety of different backgrounds has allowed us to develop a distinct culture that we are proud of.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity at Kennedys. Our principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity apply not only to our employees, but also to the way we treat our visitors, clients, customers and suppliers.
This year we are proud to again be global partners of Dive In, the multi-award winning festival for diversity and inclusion in insurance, run by Inclusion@Lloyd's. Read more about the Dive In Festival and how to get involved.
Our equality and diversity policy
We support our workplace and clients by following our equality and diversity policy. Our policy covers:
- Discrimination
- Recruitment and selection
- Training and promotion
- Termination of employment
- Treating outside parties
- Monitoring
- Disabled employees.
Read our equality and diversity policy.

News
Kennedys continues commitment to diversity and inclusion as global partner of Dive In Festival 2020
Read moreGender pay gap 2019
We have published our 2019 gender pay gap report. Download and read it using the link below.
Gender pay gap report 2019 (PDF, 626 KB)
Our global diversity figures
Role | Headcount | Percentage |
Sole Practitioner/Partner/Member/Director | 270 | 14.8% |
Solicitor | 565 | 30.9% |
Other FE role | 317 | 17.3% |
Role directly supporting fee earner | 271 | 14.8% |
Managerial role | 85 | 4.6% |
IT/HR/Other | 283 | 15.5% |
Barrister | 3 | 0.2% |
Chartered Legal Executive | 36 | 2.0% |
Total | 1830 |
Our 2017 UK diversity figures
We collate diversity information annually from all our UK offices for monitoring purposes. The information is provided anonymously by both employees and partners and collected in line with guidance from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Role | *Headcount | Percentage |
Solicitor (Sole Practitioner/Partner/Member/Director) | 109 | 11.7% |
Solicitor | 253 | 27.2% |
Other FE role | 156 | 16.8% |
Role directly supporting fee earner | 169 | 18.2% |
Managerial role | 45 | 4.8% |
IT/HR/Other | 162 | 17.4% |
Barrister | 3 | 0.3% |
Chartered Legal Executive | 30 | 3.2% |
Total | 927 |
Didn't complete 217
UK headcount 1,144
*UK headcount figures as per SRA category headings (Information correct as at 1 August 2017).
Download the full 2020 UK diversity statistics (PDF, 530 KB)