The First 100 Years

The First 100 Years project fundraised in excess of £500,000 over five years, according to the charity. The five-year project to mark the 100-year anniversary of women being able to qualify as lawyers was inspired by the photograph of one female lawyer amongst men.

Sixty-six per cent of women in the legal profession say the coronavirus crisis is having an impact on their mental health, with over a third experiencing a drop in income and 67 per cent reporting that the organisation they work for has furloughed staff. The drop in income did not appear to result i

Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, has been named as the patron of The Next 100 Years, a project dedicated to achieving equality for women in law. Lady Hale has long been a supporter of equality, speaking up for increasing diversity in the legal profession and the judiciary. In 1984 s