• June Venters QC, the first woman solicitor to be appointed Queen’s Counsel

    June Venters QC, the first woman solicitor to be appointed a Queen's Counsel, speaks to the First 100 Years about her journey in law.

  • June Venters QC: “I hadn’t realised when I received the notification that it was going to be such a historical event.”

    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 [...]

  • Justine Thornton QC

    Justine Thornton QC takes to the Red Chair to speak to the First 100 Years team about diversity at the Bar.

  • Katherine Ramo

    Katherine Ramo is an Associate in the Technology, Media, IP and Competition team at CMS. She is listed in the top global 30 Financial Times Women in Business HERoes [...]

  • Keily Blair

    An exclusive interview with Keily Blair, the first winner of the Inspirational Women in Law Awards organised by Spark21 in 2016. Keily is Director, Co-Lead of Contentious Data Protection [...]

  • Khatun Sapnara

    Her Honour Judge Khatun Sapnara is a Circuit Judge who presides over both family and criminal cases. Her appointment in 2006 as a Recorder of the Crown Court saw [...]

  • Lady Arden

    An exclusive interview with Lady Arden for the First 100 Years project. Lady Arden joined the Supreme Court as its third female judge on 1st October 2018 and two [...]

  • Lady Dorrian

    As the current Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian holds the second most senior judicial post in Scotland. This appointment made history in 2016 as no woman had ever served [...]

  • Lady Hale: The only woman lawyer on the Supreme Court

    Lady Hale speaks to the First 100 Years about her journey in law, her role models and the progression of women in the legal profession. [...]

  • Lady Justice Rafferty

    Dame Anne Rafferty served as a Court of Appeal of England and Wales between 2011 and 2020. Dame Anne was the first woman to chair the Criminal Bar Association. [...]

  • Lady Justice Thirlwall on Women in Law

    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 [...]

  • Lady Ruth Morris

    An exclusive interview with Ruth, Lady Morris of Kenwood CBE for First 100 Years. An eminent property lawyer, Ruth worked at her father’s firm Janners for 25 years, before [...]

  • Laura Dunlop QC

    Laura is the President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. She is an expert in civil litigation, [...]

  • Lesley Wan

    Lesley Wan is General Counsel for FBN Bank. Lesley is Founder & President of The Eagle Club - a global network of 180 women in senior leadership positions. She [...]

  • Linda Lee, third female president of the Law Society