The Guardian published a special report today about the Lord Chancellor, 
Lord Falconer, and the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, attempts to recruit more women, ethnic minoritiy and solicitor judges to make the judiciary more representative of the general population, because, the article says, the judiciary is overwhelmingly white, middle-aged and male. The article can be read here.
This is all very well, but there has been an extremely significant omission in this “drive”. It doesn’t include disabled and Deaf people. What does this indicate? Do Lord Falconer and Lord Woolf not think that disabled/Deaf people are up to the job? Are we that easy to ignore or forget about?
Attitudes like this only serve to remind us that disabled and Deaf lawyers have a long way to go before we are recognised as equals by the law profession. Perhaps this is the attitude that makes it difficult for Deaf people to make inroads in the profession, both on an academic and professional level.