Bar's Council's mandatory known EDO appointment
Annex M - The Role of a Chambers Equal Opportunities Officer Click here to download Annex M as a Word document Click here to download Annex M as a PDF document The Bar Council Code of Conduct requires all sets of chambers to appoint a member of chambers to have responsibility for equal opportunities issues within chambers. Large sets of chambers may choose to appoint more than one member of chambers and share the various responsibilities, whereas small members of chambers may only be able to appoint one member. In making the appointment, chambers should seek to appoint a member with sufficient seniority to ensure that equal opportunities issues are given a high priority. The chambers equal opportunities officer (EOO) may have responsibility for the whole range of diversity issues (race, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, religious belief), or these may be shared between a number of members of chambers. The EOOs role will involve the following:- · development and imple...