Membership is for solicitors as well as students, paralegals and trainees intending to become solicitors. Associate membership includes other women working in the law, legal executives, barristers, judges and lawyers qualified in other jurisdictions.
Tuesday 17 April 2018 – Law Reporting and Open Justice in a Digital World
Monday 21 May 2018 – London Legal Walk
Tuesday 5 June – Reception and Networking at the House of Lords
Thursday 21 June – Opera – La Traviata
Wednesday 19 September – Transparency in the Family Courts
A London-based returner programme providing the opportunity to be hired into a permanent position with additional support. The programme will start on 24th September 2018. Applications are welcome from professionals who have been on a career break for at least two years. Candidates will be matched to real, full-or part-time roles and will be…
AWS are pleased to present our first newsletter of 2018.
AWS London Newsletter – March 2018
We hope you enjoy and if you have any ideas for articles please feel free to email us as awslondon1@gmail.com
Tanzanian-born Dr. Rukia Baruti is a qualified solicitor in England & Wales with legal practicing experience in litigation and international arbitration. She specialises in international investment law. She has been appointed as arbitrator, including as sole arbitrator, in international arbitrations. Rukia is the founder of Africa International Legal Awareness (AILA), which she currently manages. AILA is a not-for-profit…
Lady Justice Sarah Asplin the vice chair of the UK Association of Women Judges will introduce an interactive lecture from Judges Tamara Lewis and Christa Christensen on the new Equal Treatment Bench Book recently published by the Judicial College. Tamara chaired the Review Group and Christa is one of the Directors of Training at the Judicial…
The largest international survey of women in the law has been released by the Law Society of England and Wales, shedding light on the road to gender equality in the legal profession. “People working in law across the world have spoken out about the challenges the profession faces in achieving gender equality,” said Law Society…
Bolt Burdon Kemp invites you to attend a tea, coffee and cake event, to celebrate International Women’s Day with them! SPEAKERS:- Faeeza Vaid from Muslim Women’s Network UK Ayesha Aslam from Sakoon Counselling Roxana Rais from Muslim Women’s Advisory Council Siobhan Crawford from Bolt Burdon Kemp DATE:- 07/03/2018 TIMINGS:- 2pm to 7 pm They hope this event will raise awareness of some of…
Deputy District Judge 2018 The JAC exercise to select candidates for the post of Deputy District Judge, is due to launch on 1 March. There are 303 vacancies across England and Wales. This presents an excellent opportunity for solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives (who are Fellows) to apply for Deputy District Judge. Deputy District judges…
Enfield Council is partnering with Women Returners to launch their second Career Returners Programme. Applications are welcome from professional men and women who have taken a career break of two years or more. The opportunities are based in London, for individuals with a track record in the following areas: Commercial, Energy Management, ICT – Programme & Project Management, IT security,…
Committee member Elaine O’Connor attended the Fawcett Society’s review of their recent report into sex discrimination. Read her thoughts here.
The AWS is delighted to announce that, following a successful application, to the Lord Chancellor’s Office by us, AWS member – Janet Le Grand has been appointed an honorary QC. Janet is a partner at DLA Piper and Chair of the Trustee Board of The Children’s Society. She is the third AWS member to be appointed as QC with the…
The AWS (London) is quoted in the Law Society Gazette this week in its piece on high levels of sexual harassment in the profession. ‘Does it have to be this way? Arguably not. As Angela Hogan, chair of the Association of Women Solicitors, London, puts it: ‘The legal profession should be at the forefront of…
