Dawn Martin discusses the importance of women supporting each other with the First 100 Years team on the Red Chair.
Liz Truss (speaking as the UK’s first female Lord Chancellor) argues that the legal profession’s global reputation is driven by talent and innovation, and that to keep leading the [...]
The Right Honourable Darren Jones MP is the Labour MP for Bristol North West and a member of the Science & Technology Select Committee. Before his election, Darren was [...]
Dan Fitz in the Red Chair on the value women add to a firm when they return to work after having children.
The Right Honourable Lady Justice Thirlwall DBE, Deputy Senior Presiding Judge, was appointed a Lady Justice of Appeal in February 2017. In October 2017, she was appointed as Deputy [...]
Justine Thornton QC takes to the Red Chair to speak to the First 100 Years team about diversity at the Bar.
Millicent Grant was the President of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and the first President from a visible minority background. Growing up, she was inspired by a photo [...]
Nilema Bhakta-Jones explains that growing up with Indian parents meant education was non-negotiable and careers were seen through a narrow “doctor/lawyer/accountant” lens. As the youngest daughter with three older [...]
We hosted a celebration party in support of the project attended by Lady Hale, the only woman on the UK Supreme Court, and Lord Neuberger, the president of the Supreme [...]
As we look forward to the Annual Spark 21 Conference on 9 November 2016 at Simmons & Simmons LLP, we feature one of our Red Chair Interviews with Funke Abimbola [...]
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 [...]
The First 100 Years project hosted its annual reception at the Supreme Court, thus marking the amazing achievements of the last year in the presence of the country's top judges [...]
#OnTheRoll captures the story of how women were prevented from getting a job in the legal industry for decades, simply because there were no female toilet facilities at law [...]
Barry Matthews, deputy General Counsel at ITV, in conversation with Mrs June Foote, his school headmistress and a magistrate, who inspired him to succeed in life and train as [...]
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 [...]
This short video captures the essence of the First 100 Years Project, featuring some of the trailblazing women who are being celebrated on the groundbreaking digital platform.
First 100 Years organised a flagship event, the SPARK21 on 2nd November 2015, with confirmed keynote speaker Professor Dame Carol Black, and chair of the day Dame Jenni Murray [...]
Chakrabarti was born to Hindu-Bengali parents in the suburb of Kenton in the London Borough of Harrow. Her father, a bookkeeper, has been cited by Chakrabarti as an influence on [...]
First 100 Years is launching a campaign to fund the filming of 100 individual stories of leading women in law as it looks to build the UK's first digital museum [...]
This month saw the launch of the First 100 Years’ In Conversation series, which brings together two leading lawyers from across the profession to talk about the key issues surrounding women in law. Our first event posed the question ‘How Can Innovation and Diversity Shape the Legal Profession’.
This is a short trailer introducing the aims of the First 100 Years project, the UK's pioneering digital space dedicated to the journey of women in law. Filmed on 12 [...]
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