Hannah Costley
Manchester, UK
“I am incredibly honoured to contribute to such an amazing website. What a brilliant way to empower womxn and showcase voices from such a diverse pool. I’m excited to write about things that are important to me such as the U.K. criminal justice system and how I navigate it as a lawyer of colour.”
Hear Hannah Speak.
Diary of a (BAME, Femxle) lawyer.
“Is she an Asian girl?”, I heard him say, and for a split second I looked around the station before realising he was speaking about me. However strange it may seem, up until this moment I had never been described as Asian before. Sure, I am aware that being half-Scottish, half-Sri Lankan, I am Asian-passing, but this was the first time I had ever heard someone describe me as solely ‘Asian’. It felt weird; the air of incredulity in his voice, as though he didn’t quite believe that an Asian woman could be his solicitor, hurt. Little did I know that this encounter was going to be one of many.
