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Association of Women Solicitors Annual Fiona Woolf Lecture 2010

New chairwoman Christl Hughes (pictured right) warmly invites you to the 2010 Fiona Woolf lecture, this year delivered by Cherie Booth QC, taking place now on Tuesday 20th July.
Due to unforeseen circumstances we have been asked by Cherie Booth QC to reschedule the Lecture and it will now take place on Tuesday 20th July 2010. The Lecture will be held at the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, and commence at 6.30pm. If you have registered for this event can we kindly ask you to re-register by emailing events@lawsociety.org.uk

This year the theme of the lecture will be networking for women within the legal profession.

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   Christl Hughes, Chairwoman

The Association of Women Solicitors Awards 2010 Sponsored by Finders

Nominations for the Association of Women Solicitors Annual Awards open on 1st June. The awards seek to recognise some of the many outstanding women solicitors providing legal services in order to reward those who are or will be the role models for future women solicitors. By celebrating the success of such women solicitors the AWS wants to send out a message to the wider business community that women solicitors are successful business women managing their legal practices. The awards ceremony will take place in London on 9th September and the winner of each category will be included in the nominations for the Association of Women Solicitors/The Law Society Legal Business Woman of the Year Award 2010, to be presented at The Law Society Excellence Awards on 21st October. Find out more about the 2010 awards.

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EQUAL PAY CAMPAIGN: AWS and Law Society join forces to address pay inequalities for women

At the successful inaugural Fiona Woolf lecture the Association of Women Solicitors and the Law Society launched their new equal pay campaign to highlight inequalities of pay in the legal sector. Find out more and get involved with this campaign.

Join AWS

The Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) is a recognised group of the Law Society.

Membership is open to any woman solicitor or trainee who is a Law Society member or associate member.

Membership is not automatic upon qualification as a solicitor, but more than one third of all women solicitors already belong to the AWS. This is your invitation to join us.

It costs you nothing to join and you can apply on-line. More information and application form.

MESSAGE TO MEMBERS - please note we are currently in the process of updating the membership database. You will shortly be receiving a form to complete, to assist us in this process, and your prompt response would be very much appreciated. In the meantime please do not attempt to change your details on the website. If you have any enquiries please e-mail: enquiries@womensolicitors.org.uk