Dear Members and Colleagues, 

Our 2023 NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards is on 4 August 2023. 

Nominations: Nominations for the awards closes tomorrow, Friday, 30 June 2023. There are 11 award categories a woman lawyer can be nominated for and in each nomination a women lawyer can be nominated for three awards. The nomination process is online and can be viewed here.

There is a wealth of talented women lawyers in our industry, we would like to shine a light on those exceptional women lawyers. We urge you to take the time out of your day to nominate a friend, colleague or mentor to acknowledge the work and contribution she has made to your legal career, to the industry at large and to those around her. 

1.    Woman Lawyer of the Year

2.     Woman Lawyer of the Year (under five years PQE)

3.     Barrister of the Year 

4.     Private Practice Lawyer of the Year

5.     Regional Lawyer of the Year

6.     Corporate Counsel (In House) of the Year

7.     Government Lawyer of the Year

8.     Community Lawyer of the Year

9.     Legal Academic of the Year

10.  Mentor of the Year

11.  Outstanding Law Firm / Legal Practice of the Year

We have a few sponsorship opportunities available for firms, barristers or companies who would like to sponsor an award. 

Please review our website for those opportunities.
Sponsorship applications close 30 June 2023. 

Tickets are available to purchase now.

We have our monthly networking event tonight the details are below.  

This is a free, walk-in event aimed to foster casual networking where women lawyers can attend and meet other women lawyers from other areas of practice or stages of career. We encourage law students to attend also if they would like to meet women lawyers in practice.  

Kind regards

Justine Anderson 
President 
Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales