Next 100 Years: Women In Law

🖊️ In a new guest blog, Treasury Solicitor Susanna McGibbon reflects on the past year and the changes the GLD has been through. She writes: “The word for 2024 could be ‘change’ – as civil servants we have had a ringside seat to some of the most important democratic moments and I am very proud of the way government lawyers responded to the change in government, providing expert advice to incoming ministers.” Read the blog ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4ghfLO9

👩💻 How are women in law using AI? We’ve collaborated with She Breaks the Law and Next 100 Years: Women In Law to publish the findings of a first-of-its-kind industry survey exploring how women in #law perceive, and are currently experiencing, the impacts of #AI. With 77% of respondents saying that AI is having an ‘extremely significant’ impact on the profession, but only 31% of respondents feeling only ‘somewhat informed’, we’ve also provided suggestions for women working in law and recommendations for organisations to close the #gender gap. 💬 Shilpa Bhandarkar, commented: “The findings from the survey underline the genuine risk that AI could further deepen the gender divide. However, each of us has the ability to influence the outcome: whether by actively using technology to expose and challenge ingrained biases, giving our teams the time and space to experiment and learn, or by choosing vendors who share our values. If we champion these efforts collectively, we could reverse the path we’re currently on and instead accelerate the progress toward gender equality in law.” Click here to read our ‘No Woman Left Behind: Closing the AI Gender Gap in Law’ Report 👉 https://lnkd.in/dzhs2VuX

It's Survey #2 time! Hot on the heels of our Women in AI event with Next 100 Years: Women In Law and Linklaters, we are conducting our next survey to explore the experiences, work environments, and AI interactions of legal professionals through a gender lens. This one is going deeper and is focussing on practicing lawyers and how they are using AI in their day to day jobs. It has been designed to be quick and neat and will take you no more than five mins. https://lnkd.in/gDPheYMV Please complete and share far and wide so we can continue to explore this important topic and create more spaces to come together and work on action to ensure that women are not left behind, as AI continues to transform the world. Taking this opportunity to wish every single lawbreaker a peaceful, restful end of 2024 and all the very best for 2025. #WomenInAI

🎄 last episode of 2024 has dropped! Alma-Constance & Lucinda Acland welcomed barrister Flora Page to talk all things **inquiries** After a major tragedy, public inquiries look at what happened, why it happened, and who is to blame, and what could be done to prevent this happening again. One of the most notorious is the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry, where many innocent people were falsely accused of crimes. Alma-C and Lucinda spoke to Flora Page, as she recently represented the sub postmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, which concluded this week She told us: ❗️Why inquiries are so important when there has been a major tragedy ❗️How they ensure organisations are held accountable for their actions ❗️Her role in the post office horizon IT Inquiry and why lawyers are involved? ❗️How the voices of children and young people can be heard in an Inquiry Thank you Flora for being our guest 🙏 Tune in, share with your friends and get in touch! Link in comments 👇 #TeachKidsLaw #publicinquiry #legalprofession #postofficescandal #rights

We are pleased to announce that, effective 1 January 2025, Chinwe Odimba-Chapman will become Office Managing Partner for London. Alongside partner Steve Jacoby, she will also serve as the Co-Regional Managing Partner for the firm's One Europe region, which integrates the UK and Continental European operations.   Chinwe joined the firm in 2002 and was made partner in 2018. She has spent many years advising global clients on a wide range of employment law issues on a cross-border basis. In addition to her client practice, Chinwe is currently the firm’s Global People and Talent Partner.    Michael Bates, the firm's current Regional Managing Partner for the UK will be stepping down at the end of this calendar year following seven successful years in the role. This move will enable Michael to dedicate more time to his clients in the infrastructure sector, while also managing his ongoing responsibilities as the Global Finance Partner.   We look forward to the continued growth and success of our One Europe region under Chinwe and Steve's leadership. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ezrvxBWH