The Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2025
Tuesday 18 March 2025, Hilton Bankside

Open for Entries
Deadline 7 November

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More than 250 UK-based individuals, law firms, legal teams and not-for-profit groups have been nominated for the 2025 Women and Diversity in Law Awards.

The diverse roster of nominees spans all levels of seniority within the profession from Unsung Heroes to potential winners of the flagship Woman of the Year category.

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The publication of the list of nominees marks a crucial stage of the awards process.

The nominees are now invited to submit entries for consideration by a high-level judging panel comprising some of the legal profession’s leading DE&I campaigners, role models and experts. 

The online entry forms take the shape of questionnaires which have been carefully framed to allow for a fair judging process.

Individuals, teams and businesses who have not been nominated may also join the process at this stage by submitting entries: the awards process is designed to unearth as diverse a group of deserving people, teams and businesses as possible in accordance with the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I).

Click here to read the instructions, view the categories and submit your entries.

Why Enter

This is your chance to say a big, collective ‘thank you’ to those who are dedicating their professional careers to moving the DE&I needle or using their positions of influence to help facilitate change

An opportunity to showcase the role models who are inspiring people from under-represented groups and the initiatives that are making a difference. In so doing we will also provide a forum for the sharing of ideas and best practice.

You will have the opportunity to impress our independent jury made up of recognised experts, advocates, mentors and leaders. VIEW JUDGES

It is FREE to enter

The winners will be announced at our Awards Dinner on 18 March

This year’s awards in March featured 350 finalists, awards judges and other legal professionals, and was hosted by British actress Natalie Gumede.

Bar Council vice chair Barbara Mills KC was the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, while Fieldfisher director Caron Heyes was named Woman of the Year, for her clinical negligence work supporting clients with injury-acquired learning difficulties, who often face unequal healthcare outcomes. 

Team awards winners included Farrer & Co, which lifted the Age and Life Stage Initiative of the Year award for its menopause support initiative, which was created in response to a significant lack of awareness and understanding about menopause issues among lawyers, and the International Bar Association. which scooped the Gender Equality of the Year award for its hugely ambitious nine-year global project to uncover the root-causes of gender disparity at senior levels of the legal profession. 

Click here to read details for all the winning entries.

For a third year, mental health charity LawCare is confirmed as the awards’ official charity, with its chief executive, Elizabeth Rimmer, joining the judging panel. 

New judges this year include Kate Richardson-Moore, Director, Diversity and Talent, Linklaters, Lisa Ardley-Price, global co-chair of NatWest’s Gender Network, and Jane Livesey, an ADHD empowerment coach and neuro-inclusive transformation specialist. 

The awards are divided into three sections. In the first half, Outstanding Women Leaders and Outstanding Women Practitioners will be recognised. The second half addresses diversity more broadly, seeking to highlight the stand-out initiatives and individuals across its different strands. 