Social mobility, at its core, can be defined as the movement of individuals within or between social strata in a society—usually defined in relation to income, occupation and status. The traditional measures for how successful a society or industry is at ensuring fluid social mobility is family background: what or not your parents do, whether they attended university.
Last year, the Sutton Trust explained how the legal sector was still one of the most socially elitist professions, favouring those hailing from a traditional, professional and university-educated background.
