URBAN LAWYERS - Key Persons
Dr Tunde Okewale MBE is an award-winning barrister, who practices at the Doughty Street Chambers. He is the founder of a charity called Urban Lawyers. Urban Lawyers is an organization that makes the law (in its academic, practical and career contexts) more accessible to marginalized groups in society. Tunde is also a co-founder of One Case At A time (OCCAT) is an independent, apolitical, non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom. Its mission is to facilitate access to justice, funding and legal representation for disenfranchised minorities with a specific focus for Black people (forming part of the Black African diaspora) who may have been victims of injustice in the courts or any other emanations of the State
Tunde was recently honoured master of the bench of Inner Temple, the youngest in its 650-year history. He was recently listed in Forbes as one of the twenty-five Leading Black British Business people to follow.
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- Chief Legal Officer at Manolo Blahnik
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- Joint Head of Recruitment
"Legal Department of luxury fashion brand, Manolo Blahnik, joins Dr Tunde Okewale MBE and his charity, Urban Lawyers, in launching joint educational initiative to widen participation in the law"
Manolo Blahnik and Urban Lawyers have launched joint initiative, INLAW aimed at widening participation within the legal profession. INLAW is an educational programme aimed at providing high school students from underrepresented backgrounds with an opportunity to understand the career paths available in law, the pathways to those careers and an opportunity to identify which of their own personal attributes, qualities and skills would support a career in law.
The programme is co-founded by Georgina McManus, Chief Legal Officer at Manolo Blahnik and Dr Tunde Okewale, MBE, Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and founder of the registered charity Urban Lawyers.
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- CURATOR of UL CAREERS CONFERENCE
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- Joint Head of Recruitment
- Joint Head of Recruitment / Account Management for Lloyds Banking Group at Adam & EveDDB, a Creative Agency
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- Co - Head of the Education Team
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- Chief Operations Officer / Trainee Lawyer ( Equivalent Means )