WLA ACT IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE 2025 ACT WOMEN LAWYERS AWARDS 

The awards recognise and celebrate the remarkable achievements of women lawyers in the ACT and is in furtherance of WLA ACT’s goal to ‘Connect. Empower. Engage’.

The awards will be judged by an independent selection committee comprised of eminent members of Canberra’s legal profession.

The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala Dinner on 7 November 2025 at the National Gallery of Australia.

WLA ACT seeks nominations in the following award categories:

  1. Legal Practice of the Year

  2. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Private

  3. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Government

  4. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Community

  5. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

  6. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Culturally & Linguistically Diverse

  7. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Early Career

  8. Woman Lawyer of the Year – Academic

  9. Woman Barrister of the Year

  10. President’s Medal for significant contribution to the profession and/or the experience of women in the law

The eligibility criteria and nomination requirements for each award are set out in the Nominations Pack. Download the Nominations Pack here.

Nominations must be submitted:

  • by no later than 22 September 2025; and

  • emailed to policy@wlaact.org.au