Inspiring Women, Inspiring Careers in Law

Apr 12, 2019

JUSTICE will be holding a unique fundraising event on 7th June 2019 at Allen & Overy LLP to celebrate 100 years of women in the law in the UK.

The conference will see a panel of eleven incredible women join Lady Hale in sharing their stories of lives in the law – speaking frankly about what has worked and what hasn’t, the drivers, the challenges, the triumphs, all culminating in a personal message to those attending. .

Their speakers are:

  • Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE – President of the UK Supreme Court 
  • Sonya Branch – General Counsel at the Bank of England 
  • Alison Saunders CB – Partner at Linklaters LLP and former Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Dame Philippa Whipple DBE – High Court Judge in the Queen’s Bench Division
  • Karen Seward – Global Head of Litigation at Allen & Overy
  • Dame Eleanor Laing MP – Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons
  • Sandie Okoro – Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the World Bank Group
  • Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE – Shadow Attorney General
  • HHJ Angela Rafferty QC – Circuit Judge based at the Central Criminal Court
  • Karon Monaghan QC – Barrister at Matrix Chambers 
  • Linda Mulcahy – Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University 
  • Karyl Nairn QC – Co-head of Skadden’s International Litigation and Arbitration Group

 

Tickets are now available for purchase here:  https://justice.org.uk/events/inspiring-women-inspiring-careers-in-law/

Every penny from ticket sales will directly support the work of JUSTICE.