The Contextual Recruitment Tool (CRS) was created by diversity organisation Rare Recruitment. It compares the economic and social circumstances of applicants by using information from two Rare databases: one contains 2.5m UK postcodes and the other the exam results of 3,500 English secondary schools and sixth form colleges. This information is fused with candidates’ responses to produce contextual data on every candidate.

Toward a more diverse workplace

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters and Slaughter and May have signed up, as have Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and Norton Rose Fulbright. With Hogan Lovells, Baker & McKenzie, Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills having already adopted the system earlier this year, it seems that the legal profession has accelerated a move toward a fairer recruitment system.  Sources: The Lawyer; Legal Business