Women in Law Leadership Awards Alberta
The WILL Awards are presented annually to female members of the Alberta legal profession in recognition of their outstanding dedication, initiative, achievement, and contribution to the community, profession, legal scholarship, and pro bono activities.
November 21, 2024 evening event details:
Doors will open at 5:15pm and our program will being at 6pm.
Tickets are still available!
For individual categories, members of the legal profession are nominated by a single nominator.
Nominators must be members of the legal profession practising in Alberta. Nominators who are nominating in multiple categories must complete a separate nomination package for each category.
All nominations close September 3, 2024.
Contributions to the legal profession are recognized in the following categories:
This award recognizes and applauds a lawyer in private practice who has shown extraordinary leadership in one or more of the following areas:
- legal skills and capabilities;
- contribution to legal education and/or scholarship;
- mentoring of law students and junior lawyers;
- demonstrated leadership in equity and diversity initiatives; and
- a commitment to being a positive role model for other lawyers.
This award recognizes and applauds a lawyer working as in-house counsel or in government who has shown extraordinary leadership in one or more of the following areas:
- legal skills and capabilities;
- contribution to legal education and/or scholarship;
- mentoring of law students and junior lawyers;
- demonstrated leadership in equity and diversity initiatives; and
- a commitment to being a positive role model for other lawyers.
This award recognizes and applauds a lawyer who applies her skills as a leader in a non-practising broader role (specifically not in a law firm, in-house/government, or community environment covered by other award categories) who has shown extraordinary leadership in one or more of the following areas:
- legal skills and capabilities;
- contribution to legal education and/or scholarship;
- mentoring of law students and junior lawyers;
- demonstrated leadership in equity and diversity initiatives; and
- a commitment to being a positive role model for other lawyers.
Lawyers nominated under this category could include lawyers active in an academic setting, a non-profit group, an organization that governs or promotes the legal profession, or in any other position not covered by another award.
This award celebrates the outstanding contributions of a lawyer who applies her skills as a leader in her community through pro bono legal services or service to other community organizations. The recipient will have shown extraordinary leadership in these areas and a commitment to being a positive role model for the community.
This award encourages and recognizes the accomplishments of a lawyer who was first called to the Alberta Bar not more than 10 years prior to the year in which the award is received. The recipient of this award will have demonstrated significant growth, development, and initiative throughout her first years of practice, and shows great promise for superior legal capability and leadership potential through her actions and attitude.
Join us for the 14th Annual WILL Awards on November 21, 2024 at The Westin in Calgary!
