Hurry and book your place now on this year’s annual AWS Returner Course, taking place over two full days on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th January at the Law Society in London. The AWS Returner Course has run annually for more than 30 years and is always popular. It provides an invaluable resource for those wishing to return to practice after a career break. Find out more about the AWS Returner Course.
The innaugural Association of Women Solicitors Annual Awards took place in 2009. The awards recognise some of the many outstanding women solicitors who provide legal services in order to reward them as role models for future women solicitors. By celebrating the success of such women solicitors the AWS sends out a message to the wider business community that women solicitors are successful business women managing their legal practices. Find out more about the 2009 awards.
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.
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