Law Society’s Gazette, 8 March 2007

Sharp gender gap as partnerships shrink

Male solicitors are still more than twice as likely to be partners as their female counterparts, it emerged this week. The Law Society’s annual statistical report found that 40% of male solicitors are partners, compared to just 18% of women. Law Society President Fiona Woolf said: ‘There has been a steady improvement over recent years in women’s representation at more senior levels of the profession, but we recognise that more needs to be done.’

Law Society’s Gazette, March 1962

The Ladies’ Annexe

Leaving the Georgian portals of my office one evening recently, it was with a sensation of holiday that I entered the Ladies’ Annexe at the Law Society’s Hall. The somewhat sedate foyer of the Hall gave no clue to the splendours to be found beyond the swing-doors to the left, for there one walks into a new atmosphere. The decorations are superb, both in the smaller room with its bar and in the inner dining room.

This new venture by the council, departing as it does from the admittedly oft-deserved label of "stuffiness" in our profession, should have the enthusiastic support of us all. Where better to entertain one’s own lady than here in our own Hall, in Central London, where we were even able to park our cars?

Law Society’s Gazette, 25 February 1987

The Association of Women Solicitors (1919 Club)

Members from all over the country attended a dinner held at the House of Commons. The speakers were Mrs Angela Rumbold MP, who was also our sponsor, and Lord Justice Mustill. Needless to say the venue was most impressive and it was most interesting to see the inside of the Houses of Parliament - once we had overcome the security screening! Mrs Rumbold gave an interesting speech in which she encouraged us all to consider applying for nomination due to the desperately low number of women members at the present time. Lord Justice Mustill followed with a highly amusing speech, but with a serious note on how standards in the profession must not be allowed to decline.