Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards, which will take place in London next April.
This will be the fourth annual awards, which celebrate the achievements of the legal professionals and businesses helping to make the profession more reflective of society.
To cast our net as widely as possible, we are encouraging individuals and teams to nominate themselves and others across the range of categories.
The awards, which will take place on 26 April and are hosted by The Global Legal Post, are divided into three sections.
In the first half, Outstanding Women Leaders and Outstanding Women Practitioners will be recognised. The second section addresses diversity more broadly, seeking to highlight stand-out initiatives helping to improve workplace culture and boost equal opportunities.
The deadline for nominations is 23 October. Nominees will then be invited to submit entries for consideration by a high-level judging panel made up of recognised diversity and inclusion experts and champions.
Nearly 400 legal professionals attended this year’s awards in March, which were hosted by Maryam Moshiri, chief presenter of the BBC news programme The World Today.
The evening culminated with the showcase Woman of the Year category, which saw the judging panel take the unusual step of announcing two winners: Charlotte Proudman of Goldsmith Chambers and Monica Feria-Tinta of Twenty Essex.
Proudman, a family law specialist, led a successful campaign by lawyers to end the Garrick Club’s all-male membership last year, while human rights barrister Monica Feria-Tinta secured the dismissal of disciplinary charges against Proudman last December on freedom of speech grounds over her criticism of a judgment from a feminist perspective.
Other notable winners included Farrer & Co, which secured Law Firm of the Year, Virgin Media O2, which was named In-house Legal Department of the Year, and GROW Mentoring, which won the hotly contested Not-for-Profit Organisation or Representative Body of the Year category.
Click here for further details about the entry process and to submit a nomination.
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