We have recently sold out our Awards Gala Dinner tickets. Our apologies to members and guests who were unable to purchase a ticket in time.
We look forward to seeing those attending next week, for what is sure to be a wonderful event.
Women Lawyers Awards Gala Dinner Tickets On Sale
WLA ACT is pleased to announce tickets for the inaugural Women Lawyers Awards Gala Dinner are now on sale.
Gather your friends and colleagues and join us in celebrating the winners of the inaugural ACT Women Lawyers Awards 2016.
We are delighted that our guest speaker for the evening will be author, journalist and broadcaster Annabel Crabb.
One of Australia's most popular political commentators, Annabel Crabb is the presenter of Kitchen Cabinet. She has worked extensively in newspapers, radio and television and has appeared on Insiders, The Drum, Gruen Nation, Q&A and as stand-in host for 7:30. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degrees. She is the author of several books, including the 2014 non-fiction bestseller 'The Wife Drought', and won a Walkley Award for her Quarterly Essay 'Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull'.
The Gala Dinner will include a three course meal and drinks.
Event details
Time and Date: 6.30pm for 7pm, Thursday November 3
Location: Kings Hall, Old Parliament House
Dress: After five
Cost: $90 for members
$110 for non-members
$900 for tables of 10
Tickets are available for purchase online.
There are a limited number of tickets available so we encourage you to get in early.
Annual General Meeting
We remind members that the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT's Annual General Meeting is being held at 5.30pm on 21 September 2016 at the ACT Law Society.
Nomination forms for committee positions are due by 5:00pm on 14 September 2016.
We hope to see you there.
Public Sector Women in Leadership ACT Conference
The Public Sector Women in Leadership ACT conference will be held in Canberra on 15 and 16 November 2016 and may be of interest to some of you.
You can access the event website here: https://www.criterionconferences.com/event/wilact/<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/krZEBOcvN6Rsn?domain=criterionconferences.com>
We are pleased to let you know that we have secured a special discount of $100 off the registration price for any registrant who is a WLA ACT member. The offer code CC*WLA is now available for our members to use to receive the discount.
This discount is in addition to the current earlybird saving of $400 for registrations before 9 September 2016.
We hope that you can join us!
Young Lawyers Pay and Conditions Survey
The time has come for our annual Young Lawyers Pay and Conditions survey!
We are seeking ACT-based lawyers, male or female, with 5 or fewer years of post-admission experience to participate in a joint survey between the Women Lawyers Association (WLA) ACT and the ACT Young Lawyers Committee.
The survey is anonymous and will take 10-15 minutes to complete online.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
(or copy and paste this link into your browser http://kwiksurveys.com/s/8PrO2JUh)
We are also offering a $100 voucher to David Jones to one lucky survey participant. Instructions on how to enter the draw is provided at the conclusion of the survey.
The purpose of this survey is to collect data about the characteristics of individual lawyers working in the ACT, and the nature of their employment, pay and conditions. The ACT is a small jurisdiction and information about employment, pay and conditions is often unavailable in the public sphere, making it difficult for lawyers, in particular junior lawyers, to find an independent benchmark from which to negotiate their entitlements.
The WLA ACT and the ACT Young Lawyers will collate and publish the findings of the survey with the aim of providing ACT lawyers with an insight into their professional community. We will launch the findings of the survey at an event in October or November 2016 - further details to come.
Nominations open for ACT Women Lawyers Awards 2016!
We are delighted to announce that nominations for the inaugural ACT Women Lawyers Awards are now open!
We have a great wealth of talented women lawyers in the ACT - it is time to acknowledge and celebrate them.
Download the nomination pack containing all the information you need to nominate yourself, a colleague or your firm or organisation. Nominations are open to all ACT women lawyers. Nominees and nominators do not need to be WLA ACT members.
You can also access this information from the awards page on our website.
The winners will be announced at a Gala Dinner on 3 November 2016 at King's Hall, Old Parliament House. We are delighted that author, journalist and broadcaster Annabel Crabb will join us as guest speaker.
The awards will be judged by an independent selection committee consisting of:
- The Honourable Justice Hilary Penfold, Patron of WLA ACT
- Dr Helen Watchirs OAM, ACT Human Rights Commissioner
- Ms Petra Gartmann, Assistant Secretary - Office of Legal Services Coordination
- Mr Michael Miller, Director of MLC Advice
- WLA ACT President (or nominee)
We are grateful for the generous support of our sponsors to make this event possible.
Major sponsors: Lerida Estate, The College of Law, Rolfe Classic BMW, ANU College of Law, Watts McCray Lawyers and MLC Advice.
Minor sponsors: Duesburys Nexia, Gillian Beaumont Legal and Empower Resolve.
Nominations close 9 September 2016
National Indigenous Legal Conference
The ANU College of Law is hosting its 11th Annual National Indigenous Legal Conference on 5 and 6 September which will include prominent keynote speakers from the legal community to discuss current and emerging indigenous legal issues.
As part of our objective to promote inclusion and diversity more broadly, including in relation to indigenous issues, the WLA ACT is pleased to sponsor a place for one of its members to attend this two day Conference and Gala Dinner.
We encourage applications from any of our members, and particularly from our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members whose applications will be given preference. If you are interested in applying for this sponsorship (worth $750), please email WLA ACT at contact@wlaact.org.au with the following information by COB on 19 August 2016.
- A copy of your CV;
- A brief statement (of no more than 250 words) of why you would like to attend the conference, along with an explanation of why you would not otherwise be able to attend if not for WLA ACT’s sponsorship; and
- A note from your employer (if applicable) confirming that you will be available to attend the two day conference should your application be successful.
Applications will be assessed by the Executive Committee and the winner selected based on the materials referred to above.
The winning applicant will be required to write an article for the WLA Newsletter about the Conference. Attendees will be able to claim CPD points.
For more information on the conference, please visit: https://law.anu.edu.au/conferences/2016-national-indigenous-legal-conference
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Women In Leadership Conference
We are pleased to let you know about the Women in Leadership NSW conference on 18-19 October in Sydney, which may be of interest to some of our members.
The conference has a public sector focus and is concerned with empowering individuals and organisations within the public service to drive the advancement of women.
For more information download the program here go to the event website.
WLA ACT members will receive a $100 discount off the current registration price, in addition to the standard earlybird saving of $400 off for bookings before 5 August 2016. The offer code to claim this member discount is CC*WLA, which you enter when completing the online registration.