The Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2025

Winners Announced! 


This year's Women and Diversity in Law Awards took place at Hilton Bankside on Tuesday 18 March. 

It was a truly memorable awards ceremony, hosted by Maryam Moshiri, chief presenter of the BBC news programme The World Today.

Nearly 400 legal professionals honoured outstanding women leaders and practitioners as well as the legal teams and businesses working to make the UK profession more closely reflect the society in which it operates.

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 a Twitter thread criticising 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.

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Judges

Categories

Outstanding Women Leaders

  • Woman of the Year
  • Law Firm Leader of the Year – International Law Firm 
  • Law Firm Leader of the Year – National/Regional Law Firm sponsored by OneAdvanced
  • Law Firm Leader of the Year – Boutique Law Firm
  • General Counsel of the Year 
  • Business Leader of the Year 
  • Unsung Hero 
  • Returner of the Year

Outstanding Women Practitioners

  • Dealmaker of the Year
  • Disputes Lawyer of the Year 
  • Advocate of the Year
  • Commercial Lawyer of the Year 
  • In-house Counsel of the Year
  • Rising Star – International Law Firm
  • Rising Star – National/Regional Law Firm
  • Rising Star – Boutique Law Firm
  • Rising Star – In-house Lawyer
  • Rising Star - Practising Barrister

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Law Firm of the Year
  • In-house Legal Department of the Year
  • Not-for-Profit Organisation or Representative Body of the Year
  • Supplier of the Year
  • DE&I Champion of the Year - Specialist Law Firm DE&I Role
  • DE&I Champion of the Year
  • Mentor of the Year
  • Disability Initiative of the Year
  • Age and Life Stage Initiative of the Year

 

 

  • Environmental Sustainability Initiative of the Year
  • Neurodiversity Initiative of the Year
  • Gender Equality Initiative of the Year
  • LGBT+ Initiative of the Year
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
  • Race Equality or Faith Initiative of the Year
  • Social mobility Initiative of the Year

Awards Timetable


Open for entries
Entry deadline extended
Shortlist announced
Awards ceremony

Contacts

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wdlawards@globalcitymedia.com

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