First 100 Years/ Next 100 Years

First 100 Years/ Next 100 Years The Next 100 Years, the new project from the team behind the First 100 Years, is dedicated to achievi

Next 100 Years continues the work of The First 100 years is an ambitious campaign focusing on promoting women in the legal profession in the UK and abroad. It aims to celebrate pioneering and inspiring women in law and to create role models for future generations of lawyers. 2019 marks the centenary of the S*x Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which permitted women to practice law. To commemora

te this milestone, the First 100 Years will set up a digital museum comprising video stories, biographies and other archival material on women in law. This groundbreaking project will run until 2019, after which it will be archived donated to the nation to become reference material for generations to come. It is supported by many organisations - from professional bodies such as the , , the and to law firms and barristers' chambers as well as many other individual donors who give their time and money to support us in our research and education work.

Thank you to the 200+ people who joined us last night at the House of Commons for an evening that reminded us exactly wh...
05/06/2026

Thank you to the 200+ people who joined us last night at the House of Commons for an evening that reminded us exactly why we do what we do.

Hosted by Rt Hon Caroline Nokes MP, the evening brought together women and men from across law, engineering and policy - united by a shared belief that the story of women’s representation is still being written.

There was something powerful about being in that building, walking past statue after statue of men, and gathering to discover how the first statue depicting a woman came to be placed at the heart of London, in Parliament Square.

Thank you to our partners - the National Association of Women in Construction, the Contemporary Art Society and Limeslade - and to our panel Jordan Kaplan, Joanna Baxendale, Tony Dyson and moderator , who revisited the making of the Millicent Fawcett statue and what it took to place her there.

Evenings like this fuel everything we do.

Thank you Marcos Bevilacqua for the photos 🙏

📣 Are you a woman working in law? We want to hear from you! The legal profession makes significant demands of everyone w...
06/03/2026

📣 Are you a woman working in law? We want to hear from you!

The legal profession makes significant demands of everyone within it - but in our annual survey this year we want to find out how are women managing their wellbeing? We partnered with RPC LawCare - the mental health charity for the legal sector Ann-Marie Goodbody to take the temperature from the ground up, as we've been doing for the last 7 years now ....

LawCare's Life in the Law 2025 study found that women reported lower wellbeing scores and higher levels of burnout than their male counterparts. Issues such as the impact of fertility treatment or menopause remain poorly understood across much of the sector and many legal employers still lack the policies or support structures to address them.

Today we launch our annual survey to take the temperature of how women in the legal sector are really feeling - and what organisations should be doing to better support them!

Whether you're a solicitor, barrister, paralegal, legal executive, or work in any other capacity in law, your experience matters and your voice counts.

👉 The survey takes just a few minutes and is completely anonymous.

The findings will be shared in a report and will include recommendations that can help organisations introduce measures that actually work for women in law.

If you work in the legal sector, please do take a moment to share your views and share the survey within your organisations or to any woman who should have their say - please pass this on!

Together, we can build a clearer picture of what meaningful, lasting change looks like for women in law.

🔗 Survey link in bio

Each month we publish a newsletter to help inform and inspire ⚖️ - if you haven't yet signed up, please do and be the f...
01/02/2026

Each month we publish a newsletter to help inform and inspire ⚖️ - if you haven't yet signed up, please do and be the first to hear of our news ✨ link to last edition in bio and comments below

20/12/2025

🏆 Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2025
A simple mission to
🥳 Celebrate &
✨ Inspire


For over a decade now ⏳

16/12/2025

to our Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2025 🏆 we couldn't agree more with , one of our esteemed speakers and former award winner, in her summing up of why we do what we do 😊

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