Women Lawyers Achievement Awards announced
Mon Oct 22 2007The Gala Presentation Dinner for the 2007 NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards was held at the Hilton Hotel on Friday, 19 October.�
The recipients were:
- Juliet Bourke, partner, Aequus Partners: Most Outstanding Contribution by a Member;
- Stephanie Pursely, consultant, Freehills: Private or Corporate Lawyer Award;
- Anna Cody, director, Kingsford Legal Centre: 2007 Government or Community Lawyer Award; and
- Julia Grix, solicitor, Legal Aid Commission of NSW: 2007 Young Lawyer Award.
The awards were supported by the Attorney-Generalâs Department of NSW, the Bar Association of NSW, the Law Society of NSW, and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency.
WLA NSW also announced the Hon Justice Jane Mathews AO as its official patron.� Her Honour also received the�2007 Lifetime Achievement Award. She is only the second woman lawyer to be presented with this prestigious Award by WLA NSW. WLA NSW presented its first Lifetime Achievement Award to the Honourable Mary Gaudron QC, the patron of Australian Women Lawyers, in 2002.
For further information, visit the WLA NSW web site or�contact Kathryn McKenzie, Executive Officer, on (02) 4392 1185 or at executive@womenlawyersnsw.org.au, for further information and enquiries.
22 October 2007