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Women In Tech: Top 10 Women In Legaltech In 2026 - TechRound

Only 29% of legaltech companies have a female founder. Meet ten women building legal technology worldwide in 2026, from regulatory AI to access to justice.

UK Legal Recruiter LinkedIn Ranking Launched | Legal LinkedInfluencers posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Legal recruiters... For the first time, the UK

The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality

The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established listing of employers taking action to create workplaces where everyone, regardless of gender, can thrive.

Women in the law: 'Lipstick is my armour' | Law Gazette

Jo Delahunty KC and Dana Denis-Smith, chroniclers of the experience of women in the legal profession, talk to Eduardo Reyes about remaining obstacles to true gender equality.

Just two in 10 law firm leaders are women - global report

Law Society deputy vice president calls for greater public commitment to gender equality.

Half a century of getting even

A huge blow was struck for equality just after Christmas nearly 50 years ago. On 29 December 1975, both the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and the Equal Pay Act 1970 came into force.

ULaw lecturer appointed Law Society president  - Legal Cheek

Mark Evans takes top role on Chancery Lane

Law Society appoints 181st president | Today's Conveyancer

The Law Society has inaugurated Mark Evans as the 181st president with Brett Dixon, vice president and Dana Denis-Smith, deputy vice president.

Mark Evans Becomes 181st President Of The Law Society

Dana Denis Smith Elected As New Law Society Deputy Vice President

Former journalist appointed as new Law Society deputy vice president - Today's Family Lawyer

Former journalist Dana Denis-Smith OBE has been elected as the new deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales

Former journalist appointed as new Law Society deputy vice president | Today's Wills and Probate

Former journalist Dana Denis-Smith OBE has been elected as the new deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales

Dana Denis-Smith to be Society president in 2027

Founder of First 100 Years project elected deputy vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Deputy Vice President Announcement 2025

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Meet the Award Winners: Top Influential People of 2025

There is an air of excitement sweeping through the business world as the 2025 winners of the Top 100 Influential People Awards are announced.

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LSE alumni and staff recognised on list

Lawyers feature across New Years Honours List - Legal Cheek

City partners and Dana Denis-Smith receive honours

Knighthood for former magic circle chief leads legal honours list

Recipients of honours include former CJEU advocate general Eleanor Sharpston KC and Dana Denis-Smith, founder of the First 100 Years initiative.

First 100 Years Founder Dana Denis Smith Recognised In New Year Honours List

Dana Denis-Smith, founder of The First 100 Years and Next 100 Years campaigns and CEO of outsourced legal services provider Obelisk Support, has been awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours List in recognition of her services to women in law.

Obelisk is latest legal business to achieve B Corp status

Even though there are over 1,500 B Corps in the UK, fewer than 1% are in legal services

First law firm B Corp calls in B Corp ALSP

Bates Wells, the first UK law firm to become a B Corp, has started working with alternative legal services provider Obelisk Support, while Freeths has become the largest legal B Corp.

Why you don

A lack of understanding for what it takes to start a business has led budding entrepreneurs across the UK to overestimate start up costs.

The profession’s ethics are in the spotlight and junior lawyers want change

The profession’s ethics are under the spotlight, so it should not be a surprise that for the next generation of lawyers there is an expectation that the legal sector move with the times

Allow us to refuse work for ethical reasons, junior lawyers tell firms

Junior lawyers want the right to refuse to work on certain matters for ethical reasons, but few firms currently allow it, research has found. They are frustrated too by the slow pace of cultural change.

Surge in legal businesses embedding social purpose as B Corps

There has been a surge in legal businesses becoming B Corporations, the movement which aims to balance profit with purpose, with Obelisk Support and the London Law Collective the most recent.

Law firms urged to

Next 100 Years survey finds just 45% of 204 respondents thought measures adopted by their organisations were effective.

Ditch the equality pledges and provide more mentoring, flexitime and maternity support, say women lawyers - Legal Cheek

Less than half think current gender equality measures are effective

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A selection of influential women based in the UK reflect on the legal profession's diversity challenges and how to overcome them

Moving on up

Most solicitors are women. So when it comes to career progression to senior positions, Maria Shahid asks, why is it still a man

The four-day week: reality in law?

Dana Denis-Smith considers whether a four-day week could work in the legal sector

Mind the gap: closing the gender pay gap

Dana Denis-Smith considers how to address gender pay inequality

UK: Women in law sceptical they will see equality of pay

New research into the gender pay gap in the legal profession has found 84 per cent of women in law believe they won’t see true gender pay equality in their working life, while 29 per cent said it won’t happen in the next 100 years. Over half (54 per cent) of female legal professionals be

Most female lawyers believe they will not experience pay equality

Most female lawyers (84%) believe that gender pay equality will not be achieved until after they retire and that firms’ commitment is more about headlines than real change.

Vast majority of women in law believe they won’t see true gender pay equality in their working life - Legal News

In the research published today by Next 100 Years and Gapsquare™, part of XpertHR®, over half (54%) of female legal professionals believe that it will be the next generation of workers who will see true pay equality.

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All is not well – time for a cultural reset?

Dana Denis-Smith argues organisational culture needs to change to tackle the ongoing problems of mental ill-health, bullying and harassment

'Family friendly' vs future-facing?

Dana Denis-Smith comments that headline-grabbing 'family friendly' benefits should not overshadow the need for deep-rooted change  

It's your attitude: making flexible working succeed

Dana Denis-Smith considers how firms must adapt to meet staff expectations in the post-pandemic world of work

A year that turned back the clock on equality for women

We must work together in a renewed effort to progress.

8/3/2021 Student Bytes: Celebrating Women Leaders in Tech Law - SCL Podcasts – Tech Law for Everyone

In celebration of International Women's Day, Natalie Kan of SCL Student Bytes talks to:Catherine Bamford, CEO and Founder, BamLegalDana Denis-Smith, CEO and Founder, Obelisk SupportMary Bonsor, CEO and Founder, Flex LegalSue McLean, Technology and...

International Women’s Day: what does the legal profession look like for women in 2021?

After the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act received royal assent in 1919, it began to pave the way for women to become lawyers for the first time in the UK. Much has been achieved since then, but as in many professions, women working within the legal sector still face many distinct challenges.

The Challenge Ahead

The profession must redouble efforts on equality or risk turning back the clock, argues Dana Denis-Smith