2025 Awards Nominations

Eligibility to enter:

Apart from the category ‘Woman Lawyer of the Year’, Nominees need not be current members of the WLANSW but must be eligible for membership and work in NSW. 
 

• The achievement of a high level of professional skill, recognition and/or excellence in her chosen field;
• An outstanding contribution to the achievement of women within the legal profession through leadership and example;
• Encouragement of and influence on other women to pursue a legal career;
• The establishment of fair systems of work, equitable and transparent remuneration policies, innovative diversity programs, removal of barriers to entry or promotion of women and adoption and reporting on Equitable briefing;
• Advocacy and support for the establishment of flexible work practices and innovative diversity programs, and/or for the removal of barriers to entry or promotion and/or role modelling the effective balancing of family and work commitments;
• Participation in a professional community organisation, especially those involving women;
• Advocacy and/or support for the legal rights of all women including the promotion of access to justice and the rule of law, and equality for all women, and/or the identification, exposure, and eradication of all forms of discrimination against women.