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Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting 15th March 2012

International Women in Law Summit 2012

The AWS is delighted to announce this joint Event with The Law Society to celebrate International Women's Day on 8th March 2012.

AWS member Alexandra Marks appointed JAC Commissioner

Congratulations to AWS member Alexandra Marks who has been appointed Solicitor Commissioner to the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Ms Marks has had a career as a partner at Linklaters, practising in commercial property. She became a Recorder in 2002, is a Deputy High Court Judge, an Adjudicator for the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and Chair of the Architects Registration Board's Professional Conduct Committee. She is also a Past President of the City of London Law Society and a Board member of JUSTICE.

Obstacles and Barriers to the Short and Long Term Career Development of Female Lawyers

A report prepared for the Law Society by Insight Oxford Ltd 2011

The data in this report was provided by experienced and successful women who have been in the legal profession for between ten and thirty years. The participants clearly highlighted five key themes that created or represented significant and ongoing barriers to the progress of women within the profession. Of these identified barriers to career development, three related to the organisation and they were culture, infrastructure and the measurement criteria employed. In addition the failure to truly embrace flexible working practices and the perceptions and views of women were also identified obstacles to progress.

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

At the inaugural Fiona Woolf lecture in 2008 the Association of Women Solicitors and the Law Society launched their 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, trainee, lpc student or lpc graduate.

Membership is not automatic upon qualification as a solicitor, but half 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 EXISTING MEMBERS - please note we are currently in the process of updating the membership database. You may 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 do not attempt to change your details on the website. If you have any enquiries please e-mail Judith McDermott at : enquiries@womensolicitors.org.uk