by James Jones | Oct 29, 2021 | Women in Law
21 OCTOBER 2021 PIONEERING WOMAN BARRISTER, HELENA NORMANTON, HONOURED WITH A BLUE PLAQUE FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION BY DOUGHTY STREET WOMEN AND THE FIRST 100 YEARS PROJECT An English Heritage Blue Plaque now commemorates the life and legacy of...
by Next 100 Years | Feb 23, 2021 | Women in Law
How many women do you currently know who are talented, doing well at work, finding time to run a home, looking after others and balancing the Covid chaos with everything else? A lot, right? And how many of those women, in spite of their considerable talents and...
by Next 100 Years | Feb 12, 2021 | Inspirational Women
Tcheng Yu-hsiu was by turns a diplomat, a lawyer, a judge, a legislator, an author – but at all times she was a rebel. The story of China’s first woman lawyer and judge is as colourful as the period of Chinese history through which she lived and practised. Her...
by Next 100 Years | Dec 9, 2020 | Inspirational Women
Her Honour Judge Joanna Korner CMG QC is a Crown Court judge, former prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the UK candidate for this year’s judicial elections to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. She was...
by Next 100 Years | Oct 21, 2020 | Inspirational Women
Priscilla and Baroness Kennedy at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2019 We were delighted to chat to Priscilla Osoba, Solicitor at Burges Salmon and winner of the Under-35 Lawyer of the Year Award at our Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2019. We catch up with...
by Next 100 Years | Sep 24, 2020 | Inspirational Women
We look at the powerful role the great Ruth Bader Ginsburg played in inspiring women in law around the world and why trailblazers like her can have such an important impact. We also hear Baroness Hale, Lady Arden, Dana Denis-Smith and Anna Midgley’s reflections...
by Next 100 Years | Sep 10, 2020 | Women in Law
One of the winners, Pelumi Coker. We’ve partnered with Aston University on two £2,500 awards to help the next generation of women in law with their studies and are thrilled to announce the winners. After a competition asking students to submit their ideas on the...
by Next 100 Years | Jul 27, 2020 | Women in Law
The Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2020 are now open! Make sure you nominate yourself, a fellow inspirational woman or male champion to be celebrated for driving much-needed change in the legal sector to make gender equality a reality. You can find out how to...
by Next 100 Years | Jun 8, 2020 | Women in Law
1st May 2020 The coronavirus crisis is putting an unprecedented strain on almost all businesses as they contend with huge disruption, a remote workforce and a drop in demand for products and services on unprecedented scale. We have already heard that for small...
by Next 100 Years | Jun 8, 2020 | Women in Law
Next 100 Years was over the moon to have been the supporting partner for last week’s very special discussion on ‘The State of the World for Women’ featuring none other than Secretary Hillary Clinton, Cherie Blair CBE QC and Dame Vivian Hunt, Managing Partner of...
