The Gazette will shortly be seeking a Legal Personality of the Year as one of this year’s Law Society Excellence Awards.

For the second year running, we will be inviting readers to nominate lawyers who over the previous 12 months have made an outstanding contribution to the profession in a way that has resonated with the wider world.

The Society’s Excellence Awards, this year celebrating their fifth birthday, reward and promote excellence across the legal profession and celebrate outstanding achievement.

They demonstrate that, despite the challenging economic climate, lawyers continue to innovate and deliver work of the highest quality.

You can now nominate contenders for the prize

Individuals may be nominated for Legal Executive of the Year, Solicitor Advocate of the Year, Junior Lawyer of the Year, In-House Solicitor of the Year or Private Practice Solicitor of the year.

Nominations are also open for the Association of Women Solicitors Legal Business Woman of the Year.

A new Law Management Section (LMS) Leader of the Year award, open to in-house legal teams and law firms, has been added for 2011.

Membership of LMS is not required.

LMS teams are encouraged to compete for awards in Client Service; Innovation; Equality & Diversity; Environmental Responsibility; Marketing & Business Development; Practice Management; and Community Investment.

Entries may be submitted by post or online. Nominations are open until Friday 19 August 2011. Details can be found at the Law Society site.