Advancing Diversity Finalist

We are delighted to announce that Clare Rice, Service Delivery Manager in the Bar Council Office, is a finalist in the Individual Advancing Diversity Award category of the 2023 Women In Business Awards.

The awards which are in their 11th year recognise, reward and celebrate the outstanding achievements of female business leaders from all sectors and industries across Northern Ireland.

Clare has been the lead advocate in developing and implementing initiatives that are aimed at advancing diversity particularly with regard to female members at the Bar.

These include:

• Lobbying for, securing funding and project managing, the installation of a dedicated member breastfeeding suite.
• Driving transformation of the Bar’s maternity leave policy
• Introducing a maternity mentoring programme.

The impact of Clare’s efforts in advancing our commitment to diversity was recognised externally with the Bar being accredited with a bronze diversity mark in 2021.

The award is a “Mark of Progress” that publicly declares commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive workplace that benefits everyone. Not content with achieving this award Clare already has ambitious plans to secure the next level of award, the sliver diversity mark.

Everyone at the Bar wishes Clare well for the grand final which takes place on the 02 March.

Clare is pictured second from left alongside our Chief Executive David Mulholland, Bernard Brady KC and Diversity Mark Director Nuala Murphy.