Social Responsibility: More Women Leaders, Better Corporate Responsibility by Wafa' Tarnowska CR Manager UK-Europe DLA Piper LLP Insert filename here Date of presentation

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Role of women in Pro Bono As a law firm, Pro Bono is a fundamental way for our people to achieve significant impact through the provision of legal advice that would otherwise be unattainable for individuals and not-for-profit organisations. Role of women in Pro Bono Some of the Pro Bono work we do focusses on Diversity and Equality and in many cases on empowering women. Such as: Child Marriage in Yemen Zimbabwean Women's Rights Reuters-Thompson Trust Law cases Insert filename here Date of presentation

Our community programmes focus on three areas: Education, Equality and Economic Empowerment, In 2011, DLA Piper donated more than 200,000 hours, for a contribution of $110 million worldwide through our pro bono and community engagement programmes. Women are important as deliverers and recipients of our community projects. Our female colleagues are the most likely to participate in our Community and pro bono programmes and outnumber our male colleagues by 60/40. Some of the key programmes we support in the Middle East, such as AIWF, INJAZ al-Arab and Women 4 Sustainable Growth, have mainly women as recipients. Insert filename here Date of presentation

"We are defined by our people "We are defined by our people. Our people are our global identity as an organisation. Our brand is based on relationships and our people define our relationships. Diversity at DLA Piper goes to the heart of the DLA Piper values ". Sir Nigel Knowles, CEO Insert filename here Date of presentation

Diversity in the Middle East The key challenge for us in the Middle East, is increasing the number of Arabic speaking lawyers. There is an even gender split in the majority of our offices but again with the same issues at partner level. Example of the Saudi Arabia office DLA Piper Saudi Arabia has made a significant commitment to women. We are one of the only International law firms able to hire women and we have a number of full time female lawyers. We only hire female vacation scheme placements in Saudi Arabia We conduct talks at a number of the women only Universities to inspire and mentor young women to join the profession. Insert filename here Date of presentation

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