International Women’s Day International Women’s Day took place on Monday 8th March 2021. Click below to see an interview held with Christl Hughes MBE President of Leicestershire Law Society, highlighting women in the law. Watch the interview

PRESS RELEASE 30/09/2020 CHRISTL HUGHES MBE 2020-2021 Leicestershire Law Society President In September Leicestershire Law Society held its AGM by Zoom. Following a review of 2019/20 from outgoing President Glynis Wright the meeting saw the election and formal inauguration of Christl Hughes, the 10th female President in 170  years and the first woman to be [...]

PRESS RELEASE Anti-discrimination and Modern Day Slavery Statement At Leicestershire Law Society, we have always valued diversity amongst our members, Patrons, Business Partners, Guests and Volunteers. 2020 has been an eventful year highlighting many injustices still prevalent in our societies in England and further afield.  These events have caused us at the LLS to reflect [...]

Leicestershire Law Society Statement Regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Given the unprecedented COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation, we wanted to update you on the actions taken by the Leicestershire Law Society at this time. Annual Awards It is with regret that the Leicestershire Law Society Executive Board have collectively agreed that the Annual Dinner [...]

LEICESTERSHIRE LAW SOCIETY CAMPAIGNERS RAISES £9,500 FOR CHARITY ALEX’S WISH BY HURTLING DOWN A ZIPWIRE AT SPEEEDS OF 98 MPH Twenty-eight of Leicestershire Law Society’s members and supporters joined the President, Glynis Wright, to take part in the fastest zip wire in the world, on Saturday 22nd February. After weeks of fundraising for the [...]

 Leicestershire Law Society hosts Annual Awards: Shortlisting On Tuesday 11th February 2020, the Leicestershire Law Society hosted the hotly contested Annual Awards: Shortlisting event. The evening was held at Curve Theatre, as guests were greeted with prosecco and canapes. Over 70 solicitors and barristers from across Leicestershire and Rutland gathered together to find out whether [...]

View Event Photos Here! On Friday 24th January, the President of the Leicestershire Law Society Glynis Wright was delighted to host the Annual Civic Dinner, which was a huge success enjoyed by esteemed guests of Leicestershire. We were honoured to have in our presence The Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Mike Kapur Esq OBE, The Rt. [...]

Leicestershire Law Society and Midlands Asian Lawyers Association were delighted that over 200 guests attended a fabulous dinner at the Empire Banqueting Hall in Leicester on Friday 1st November, to celebrate the first 100 Years of Women in Law following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919. Many esteemed court judges and lawyers attended the evening, [...]

Leicestershire Law Society were extremely proud to have hosted the first Matrix Professional Network in collaboration with the ICAEW, the ACCA and ATT/CIOT. Over 100 guests from Leicester’s business community attended the newest cross-sector networking event, held at the elegant Mattioli Woods Sky Lounge on 22nd October. Supported by headline sponsors The Miller Partnership and [...]

In May 2019 Leicestershire Law Society held their Annual General meeting at Provincial House, New Walk and after a review of the year from exiting President Bushra Ali, the meeting saw the official inauguration of Glynis Wright, of Glynis Wright and Co. Glynis will hold the office as President for one year (2019-2020), during which [...]