Clifford Chance

Our Enable network seeks to create the right culture and environment for colleagues with a disability (visible or non-visible, including mental health), long-term injury or condition to succeed and ensure they have the equality of opportunity and experience. The network creates opportunities for colleagues to celebrate diversity and discuss inclusion topics, as exemplified by our People in Law 2022 award-winning Enable: My Lived Experience series.

The series features people across Clifford Chance talking about their experiences of visible and non-visible disabilities and what it means for them in their day-to-day role at the firm. Changing perceptions and educating people about how our working needs may vary and raising awareness through storytelling is central to its strategy. Dana Meijler, Senior Best Delivery Advisor and the Enable champion in our Amsterdam office, has been involved from the beginning, and volunteered to share her experience of living with her autistic daughter.

“Enable: My Lived Experience is one of the many things the firm does that shows this is a priority for us and that we are trying to create a more inclusive working environment for people” says Dana. “That’s great not only for current colleagues but also for prospective employees, who can see this is a place where they are able to be themselves and can succeed. It’s something clients increasingly want to see from their service providers too.”