We recently caught up with Sarah Ross-Smith, partner at Ashurst to discuss her views on achieving your career goals, what it’s like to be a female partner and her favourite binge tv recommendations.

Our August newsletter is now available!

Did you know that WLA ACT offers free student memberships? We recently caught up with Prisca Ochan, Law student and Paralegal at Sparke Helmore Lawyers as part of our #WomenLawyersoftheACT series, to chat about her reasons for signing up as one of our student members, her favourite WLA events so far and her interest in studying law.

Our 2019 Annual General Meeting was held at 6:00pm on Thursday, 1 August 2019.

We are glad to announce that more than 12% of the Association’s membership was present at the AGM and the following members were nominated to the Committee:

Our upcoming Annual General Meeting will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday, 1 August 2019. We look forward to seeing you there!

Larissa primarily advises on procurement and commercial contracting, focusing on construction and infrastructure projects. She also advises on general commercial law, acts as probity adviser on major commercial projects, and advises on funding grants and statutory interpretation. We spoke with Larissa to get her thoughts on a wide range of issues of relevance to our members.

WLA ACT invites you to take part in our 2018-19 Membership Survey. By completing our Membership Survey you will help shape WLA ACT for the coming year.

The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT is pleased to present a lunch with Magistrate Louise Taylor at Parlour on Tuesday 9 July 2019.

This lunchtime event is occurring during NAIDOC week and provides an opportunity for attendees to hear from Magistrate Taylor. 

Our lunch with Magistrate Louise Taylor is proudly sponsored by Proximity.