Women in the City Awards Legal Category Opens for Nominations

2 July 2012

Nominations open today for the legal category of Women in the City's Women of Achievements Awards, this year endorsed by the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales. Exceptional legal candidates are invited to enter before 20 September 2012.

Shortlisted nominees will be interviewed in October by a judging panel including Michael Todd QC, Chairman of the Bar Council; Kim Hollis QC, Chair of the Bar Council's Equality and Diversity Committee; and Caroline Binham, Legal Correspondent at the Financial Times and winner of the Bar Council's 2011 Legal Reporting Awards.

The legal category is sponsored by the catering company Lusso, which will be represented on the judging panel by its HR Director, Alison Gilbert.

The Awards, given to eight category winners and one overall winner, aim to highlight and formally recognise the outstanding contribution which women make to the economy, and to identify those who are actively promoting and encouraging the progress of women above and beyond their everyday job. 

Chairman of the Bar Council, Michael Todd QC, said:

"We are excited to be endorsing the legal category of the Women of Achievement awards, which gives us an opportunity to showcase some of the most talented lawyers and judges in London today. We encourage those who have felt particularly inspired or encouraged by a female colleague to nominate them for this prestigious award. I look forward to interviewing shortlisted candidates in October."

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Notes to editors

1. Further information is available from the Bar Council Press Office on 020 7222 2525.

2. Nominations for the sixth annual Women in the City Women of Achievement Awards 2012 are now open. The legal category winner will be announced at a Celebration Evening at London Docklands on Tuesday 30 October, with the overall winner announced at a lunch at Plaisterers' Hall on 23 November. Nominees must be available for interview on Wednesday 10 October. For more information, including instructions on how to nominate a candidate, please click here.

3. The Bar Council represents barristers in England and Wales. It promotes:

• The Bar's high quality specialist advocacy and advisory services
• Fair access to justice for all
• The highest standards of ethics, equality and diversity across the profession, and
• The development of business opportunities for barristers at home and abroad.

The General Council of the Bar is the Approved Regulator of the Bar of England and Wales. It discharges its regulatory functions through the independent Bar Standards Board.