BDB Pitmans

BDB Pitmans are committed to providing outstanding client service by maintaining the highest standards of professional excellence. Creating an environment for all members of staff which is not only free from any form of discrimination, harassment or bullying, but celebrates and values diversity, is key to meeting this objective.

To achieve this, BDB Pitmans strive to create an inclusive working environment within which all individuals, regardless of their personal circumstances, are treated with respect, fairness and courtesy and have the opportunity to give their best and be appropriately recognised, rewarded and developed for their contribution.

BDB Pitmans have also implemented a variety of diversity and inclusion initiatives. The firm has formed internal groups including its ‘Diversity and Inclusion Strategy Group’ (established to review all aspects of diversity and inclusion within the firm), ‘Best Self’ (an LGBTQ+ group open to everyone at the firm to help staff feel supported in their career), ‘SHINE’ (all staff who identifies as BAME are welcome to join, as well as those who may not be, but who share the group’s ethos), and have also appointed ‘Diversity Champions’ who are volunteers representing all areas of BDB Pitmans, from Partners to Paralegals and members of support teams, to provide feedback and opinions, help promote firmwide initiatives and act as role models for inclusive behaviour.

In addition, BDB Pitmans are proud to be a founding member of ‘LeGal BesT’, a network of mid-size law firms with a focus on issues and support for their lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) staff. It is also a member of ‘Stonewall Diversity Champion’, a charity supporting individuals who are working out how they can make a difference for LGBT people at work, home and in their communities, and an Affiliate Member of ‘Aspiring Solicitors’, an award winning access scheme aimed at improving diversity in the legal profession.

Throughout the year, BDB Pitmans hold internal seminars and provide training sessions with the aim of raising awareness of a variety of diversity and inclusion topics. All new members of the firm are also required to attend a session on Diversity and Inclusion and unconscious bias training.

BDB Pitmans are also a signatory of The Law Society’s Diversity Charter, a public commitment by legal practices to promote the values of diversity, equality and inclusion throughout their firm.

For more information on BDB Pitmans’ diversity and inclusion initiatives, please visit: https://www.bdbpitmans.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/.