Julia Baird SC wins WLA NSW award
Mon Sep 26 2011The Women Lawyersâ Association of NSW (WLA NSW) announced the winners of the 2011 NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards at a gala dinner held last Friday, 23 September 2011 at the WatersEdge.� The awards were supported by the Law Society of NSW, the NSW Bar Association, the NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice, the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency. The recipients of the awards were:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AO
- Woman Lawyer Advocate of the Year: Julia Baird SC, 12th Floor Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
- Woman Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice: Anna Walsh, Maurice Blackburn
- "In House" Woman Lawyer of the Year sponsored by Blake Dawson : Kate Perumal, Abigroup Ltd
- Woman Lawyer of the Year in a Community Organisation: Emma Golledge, Kingsford Legal Centre
- "Up & Coming" Woman Lawyer of the Year sponsored by Middletons, and with MGSM Leadership Course included: Claire Hammerton, NSW Aboriginal Land Council
- âHighly Commendedâ Judging Panelâs Award: Dr Chandrika Subramaniyan, Success Lawyers & Barristers.
Further information about the Award recipients and nominees and photographs from the dinner will be available on the WLA NSW website http://www.womenlawyersnsw.org.au/ shortly.
26 September 2011