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The Association of Women Solicitors Awards 2012

The Association of Women Solicitors is delighted to announce the fourth annual Awards competition celebrating the success of women in business, sponsored by Frasers Genealogists.The 2012 Awards will recognise outstanding talent in eight categories respectively in a Large/Medium practice, a Small practice, a Legal Aid practice, an In House/Employed team, a Probate practice, a Property practice, Retaining and Developing Legal Talent and undertaking Pro Bono work. The AWS Legal Business Woman of the Year 2012 will then be chosen from the winners of the eight first round categories.
Nominations opened on 14th May 2012 and will close on 9th July 2012.

The AWS Fiona Woolf Lecture Tuesday 19th June 2012

The Association of Women Solicitors is delighted to announce the annual Fiona Woolf Lecture, to be delivered this year by AWS member Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, Head of EU Trade and EU Government Affairs at Dechert LLP.
The topic will be ' "Raising her Voice" - The challenges for female solicitors and the contribution we can make at home and abroad.'
The Lecture will be delivered on Tuesday 19th June 2012 at 6.00pm at The Law Society, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL. For further details and Booking Form use the link above.

An Introduction to Civil Litigation - Wed, 27th Jun 12

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.

Click here to download the full report

Have your say!

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.

If you have any enquiries or if you are an existing member wishing to notify a change of address please e-mail Judith McDermott at : enquiries@womensolicitors.org.uk