Biographies

In 1923 Mithan Tata became the first woman called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn and the first practising Indian woman barrister. She would have been remarkable in any era, [...]

As we look forward to the Annual Spark 21 Conference on 9 November 2016 at Simmons & Simmons LLP, the First 100 Years Project will be publishing excerpts of speeches [...]

Mercy Ashworth was called to the bar on 26 January 1923 at the same time as Mithan Tata. They were the first two women from Lincoln’s Inn. At the age [...]

These are excerpts from the First 100 Year's video interview with Ruth Lady Morris of Kenwood. The video is currently being produced and will be released shortly. Let me start [...]

The Founder of the First 100 Years project, Dana Denis-Smith, shares her personal story and her journey from Transylvania, in Romania, to being a journalist, City lawyer, woman in [...]

These are excerpts from the First 100 Year's video interview with Dame Janet Gaymer, first woman to become Senior Partner of a Top 20 law firm. The video is currently [...]

These are excerpts from the First 100 Year's video interview with June Venters QC, first woman solicitor to be appointed a Queen's Counsel. The video can be found here. What [...]

These are excerpts from the First 100 Year's video interview with Shami Chakrabarti which can be found here. I think I wanted to become a lawyer fairly early on. I [...]

A member of the first small cohort of women to practise at the English Bar, Ethel Bright Ashford was called alongside Helena Normanton and seven other women at Middle Temple [...]

There is a saying in Latin America that when one woman comes into politics, she changes, but when many women come into politics, politics changes. When Margaret Thatcher became Prime [...]

In 2016 Chambers & Partners described Clare Montgomery as ‘the most formidable member of the bar’. She is a highly respected specialist in criminal, regulatory and fraud law, known for [...]

This article is based on the video interview with Linda Dobbs which can be found here. I came to the UK when I was seven in the 1950s to stay [...]

Guest Post by Elizabeth Cruickshank When Maud Crofts was formally admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales on 11 January 1923 she realised an ambition [...]

In 1974, Barbara Calvert QC, later known as Lady Lowry, was the first woman to be a Head of Chambers when she founded 4 Brick Court. Eight years later she [...]

I should like to see more and more women at Westminster, and in the highest places, too. It would certainly be a good thing for the women of Britain. And [...]