We are proud to announce the following nominees for the upcoming ACT Women Lawyers Awards. All nominees are of an incredibly high calibre and we know the judging panel will have some very difficult decisions ahead of them.
Winner of the inaugural Woman Lawyer of the Year (Government) Award, Helen Curtis, shares what winning meant to her. We encourage ACT lawyers to nominate themselves, their colleagues, employers and friends before the 31 August deadline. More information on how to nominate is available online.
Women Lawyers Association ACT and ANU Women In Law Organisation invite you to join us for a 'Women in Law Career Panel' on Monday 20 August, from 6:30-7:30pm at ANU.
Our panellists come from a range of backgrounds, and aim to show you that there is no one set path following the completion of a law degree.
To celebrate the 20th birthday of Australian Women Lawyers, we are providing the chance for one of our members to attend the AWL birthday gala dinner in Melbourne on Friday 15 September.
The includes $500 towards flights and accommodation and a free ticket to the dinner celebrations.
To enter, simply write to us (contact@wlaact.org.au) in 300 words or less why you would like to attend.
WLA ACT is pleased to invite you to our Mentor Breakfast, with guest speaker Jennifer Wyborn, Partner at Clayton Utz, to be held on Tuesday 5 September at QT Hotel.
Mentor breakfasts provide our members with the opportunity to hear from a prominent woman in the legal profession and to celebrate and learn from their achievements.
Jennifer will talk on the topic of 'The Illusion of Perfection'.
Jennifer has had an illustrious career and is currently a Partner at Clayton Utz heading up the Workplace Relations, Employment and Safety Team in Canberra.
For further information and to book tickets, please see the events page.
This month we profiled Nisha Selvaraj for our Meet a Member section. Nisha is a Senior Legal Officer in Indigenous Affairs Legal at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.
'I think the best piece of advice I could give myself, and it’s a piece of advice I have given to friends and colleagues alike, is to back yourself.'
Check out our Meet a Member page to see Nisha's full profile.
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is a WLA ACT Corporate Member for the 2017-18 year.
We have recently published our August Newsletter. We hope you enjoy information about WLA ACT activities, including:
Please see our website for past newsletters.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT is delighted to let you know that the ANU Women in Law Organisation (WILO) and the University of Canberra Women Lawyers' Mentor Program (WLMP) are ready to sign up mentors for the next session of their mentor programs.
You can sign up to mentor an ANU law student by clicking here.
You can sign up to mentor a UC law student by clicking here.
Sign ups will close on 11 August 2017 and matches with mentees will be advised around 14 August 2017.
WLA ACT is grateful for those members who have given up their time to mentor women law students on these programs so far. We encourage you to do so again and for members who haven't done so yet to join these programs.
For the WILO mentor manual click here
For the WLMP mentor manual click here
We look forward to seeing mentors and mentees at the end of session cocktail function in late October.
WLA ACT invites you to join us for a joint panel event with Mothers Uplift Movement. Join us for a nourishing lunch and attend a discussion on the topic of: Juggling work with family responsibilities and making time for self-care.
Come and hear from our guest speakers about their experiences as working mums in the legal profession. It will also be a great opportunity to share your own anecdotes and tips and ask questions of other mums who are doing the juggle.
We look forward to hearing from the following panellists on this important topic:
The session will be facilitated by Liz Huang Hughes-Brown and Alicia Prest from Mothers Uplift Movement (MUM) who are also mums working in the law.
Includes a warm two-course lunch with vegetarian option. Tickets can be purchased online.
Australian Women Lawyers turns 20 this September and to celebrate, AWL is holding a birthday dinner on 15 September 2017 at the Melbourne Town Hall. As well as giving us an opportunity to get together, the birthday dinner will also provide an opportunity for AWL to thank our patron, the Hon. Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia Diana Bryant AO QC as she retires from the role, announce AWL's new patron, and ceremonially hand over the Patron’s Brooch.
AWL thanks the Platinum Sponsor of the 20th birthday party, Foley’s List, for their ongoing support.
Tickets are available to purchase online.
For the first time, in the 2017-18 membership year the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT will offer free membership to lawyers at Community Legal Centres in the ACT.
If you are a lawyer at a Community Legal Centre you can register online and become a member today, at no cost.
This demonstrate's WLA ACT's commitment to the Canberra legal community and to CLC lawyers who work tirelessly to further just and equitable outcomes for members of our community.
We look forward to working with Canberra CLCs in the future.
