UK lawyers stand by their EU referendum vote

A survey conducted by the magazine has revealed 82 per cent of UK lawyers voted Remain. However, over a quarter (26 per cent) of managing and senior partners voted for Brexit, a higher proportion than in the legal market as a whole.

Two-thirds support a second referendum on Brexit, of whom 19 per cent say that they would vote Leave in the second vote.

But only a small minority of lawyers have changed their mind on Brexit.

Some lawyers who voted Remain in 2016 told The Lawyer that they had been persuaded to back Leave because of the EU’s attitude to Britain in the Brexit negotiations. Some who backed Leave said they remained eurosceptics, but thought the economic impact was too great.

However, the vast majority stood by how they voted in 2016.

The Lawyer surveyed almost 3,000 UK-based lawyers at the end of 2017, of whom 22.4 per cent worked in-house, 70.5 per cent worked in private practice and 5.6 per cent worked at the Bar.