The British Legal Awards Categories

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION & GUIDANCE

  • There is a strict limit of one entry per category.
  • The word count is 800 words (we will allow for 10% leeway)
  • It is not permissible to enter the same submission or matter in more than one category.
  • All submissions must be made via the portal, no pdf uploads will be allowed, including supporting material.
  • There is a £299 entry fee for private practice, you can pay this here. You can enter as many categories as you like under one fee.
  • The time period covered by entries should be the 12 months prior to the entry deadline. While projects and legal work may be ongoing, the bulk of the activity submitted for consideration must have taken place within this time period.
  • With the exception of the International Law Firm Award, a substantial part of the initiative or project cited in the entry must relate to activity undertaken in the UK or by UK-based personnel.
  • There is the option to mark your entry as confidential at the end of the form.

Teams of the Year

Entry criteria
Entries must convince the judges that they are not only leaders in their chosen markets, but that they have made significant progress over the past 12 months.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Strategic vision
  - Business winning
  - Client care (including measures relating to efficiency & cost effectiveness of service delivery
  - Employee development
  - Sustainable improvements in financial performance
  - A commitment to CSR

The submission should highlight deals, cases, client wins and initiatives that best exemplify the firm's performance. Objective data and research that support the entry will be looked on favourably by the judges.

Please include the following information:

  1. Firm profile - provide a brief overview of your firm’s practice, including its size, history, number of offices and key practice areas.
  2. Strategy and milestones - outline your firm’s strategy: include goals and key milestones. With reference to your strategy, please provide evidence that it is succeeding, including financial data, flagship deals, client wins and other relevant developments eg. partner hires, investment in new technology, client feedback programmes etc.
  3. How is your firm excelling in the fields of employee development and CSR?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single banking or finance deal that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
  1. Describe the deal and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
The role of the business support within a law firm is growing in number and importance. This award honours those teams that have had an identifiable impact on their firm, from how it is run to the client work they have brought in and anything in between.  Business teams include, but aren't limited to, marketing and business development; finance; technology, innovation, talent/human resources and knowledge management.

Please submit details of a team’s service or initiative that has had an identifiable impact on the wider firm. This could relate to anything from how the firm is run to the client work brought in and anything in between. Include a brief description of who is part of the business team, how they are empowered to make an impact on their firm and how they have done so.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single piece of work in the field of competition or regulation that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the key features of what was involved, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
 
  1. Describe the transaction and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single capital markets deal that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
 - Legal expertise and innovation
 - Project management skills
 - Teamwork
 - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
  1. Describe the deal and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single case that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the case's key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:

  1. Describe the case and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a private equity buyout, fundraising/secondaries, private credit or other type of private capital transaction that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
- Legal expertise and innovation
- Project management skills
- Team working
- Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
  1. Describe the deal/transaction and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single case or project that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the case or project’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.
 

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:

  1. Describe case or project and why it was important.
  2. Explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single property deal that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:

  1. Describe the deal and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single public M&A deal that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
 - Legal expertise and innovation
 - Project management skills
 - Teamwork
 - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
  1. Describe the deal and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single restructuring deal that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
 - Legal expertise and innovation
 - Project management skills
 - Teamwork
 - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:
  1. Describe the deal and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry criteria
Entries for this award should focus on a single deal or case that has a significant UK element to it and that sets new standards in the delivery of legal services, thereby demonstrating the firm’s market-leading position. They should summarise the deal’s key features, explain its significance and outline the team’s role.


The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Project management skills
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction and value for money

Please include the following information:

  1. Describe the deal or case and why it was important.
  2. What was your team’s role on the deal or case, include details of team members and lead lawyer and explain why your team excelled against the following criteria: legal expertise and innovation, project management skills and team working.
  3. Provide evidence of client satisfaction and the ‘value’ your team brought to the table. What difference did the team make?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Firms of the Year

Eligibility
Open to UK-based boutique law firms.
 
Entry criteria
Entries must convince the judges that they are not only leaders in their chosen markets, but that they have made significant progress over the past 12 months.

The judges will expect to see evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Strategic vision
  - Business winning
  - Client care (including measures relating to efficiency and cost effectiveness of service delivery)
  - Employee development
  - Sustainable improvements in financial performance
  - A commitment to CSR

The submission should highlight deals, cases, client wins and initiatives that best exemplify the firm's performance. Objective data and research that support the entry will be looked on favourably by the judges.

Please include the following information:

  1. Provide a brief overview of your firm, including its size, history, number of offices and key practice areas.
  2. Outline your firm’s strategy: include goals and key milestones. With reference to this strategy, please provide evidence that it is succeeding, including financial data, flagship deals, client wins and other relevant developments eg. partner hires, investment in new technology, client feedback programmes etc.
  3. How is your firm excelling in the fields of employee development and CSR?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to UK-based Chambers whose work during the period covered by these awards puts them at the pinnacle of the profession.

Entry Criteria
The judges will be looking for evidence of:
 - technical expertise
 - integrity
 - advocacy skills
 - team working
 - a commitment to diversity and contributing to the wider community
 - client satisfaction

Please include the following information:
  1. Name of Chambers, brief details of the Chambers including size and history
  2. The Chambers achievements this year. Explain why this has been an exceptional year for the Chambers. Which cases did the Chambers work on, did it bring in new clients? Provide evidence of case wins and client satisfaction. What efforts did the Chambers make regarding improving its diversity and inclusion? What did the Chambers achieve in CSR work?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Entry for this award is open to international law firms that are not headquartered in the UK but which have substantial operations in the UK, therefore demonstrating their commitment to the British legal market. The International category is for firms that have more lawyers in a single country outside the UK than they do in the UK. 

Entry criteria
Entries must focus on the firm’s UK practice and convince the judges that they are not only leaders in their chosen markets, but that they have made significant progress over the past 12 months.

The judges will expect to see evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Strategic vision
  - Business winning
  - Client care (including measures relating to efficiency and cost effectiveness of service delivery)
  - Employee development
  - Sustainable improvements in financial performance
  - A commitment to CSR

The submission should highlight deals, cases, client wins and initiatives that best exemplify the firm's performance in the UK. Objective data and research that support the entry will be looked on favourably by the judges.
 
Please include the following information:
  1. Provide a brief overview of your firm, including its size, history, the size of its UK office, number of offices in total and key practice areas.
  2. Outline your firm’s strategy: include goals and key milestones. With reference to this strategy, please provide evidence that it is succeeding, including financial data, flagship deals, client wins and other relevant developments eg. partner hires, investment in new technology, client feedback programmes etc.
  3. How is your firm excelling in the fields of employee development and CSR?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to regional or national UK law firms. UK firm means any firm (domestic or international) for which the UK is its largest country by number of lawyers. 

Entry criteria
Entries must convince the judges that they are not only leaders in their chosen markets, but that they have made significant progress over the past 12 months.

The judges will expect to see evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Strategic vision
  - Business winning
  - Client care (including measures relating to efficiency and cost effectiveness of service delivery)
  - Employee development
  - Sustainable improvements in financial performance
  - A commitment to CSR

The submission should highlight deals, cases, client wins and initiatives that best exemplify the firm's performance. Objective data and research that support the entry will be looked on favourably by the judges.

Please include the following information:
  1. Provide a brief overview of your firm, including its size, history, number of offices and key practice areas.
  2. Outline your firm’s strategy: include goals and key milestones. With reference to this strategy, please provide evidence that it is succeeding, including financial data, flagship deals, client wins and other relevant developments eg. partner hires, investment in new technology, client feedback programmes etc.
  3. How is your firm excelling in the fields of employee development and CSR?

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Individual Awards 

Eligibility
Entries can come from all corners of the legal profession, whether it be a law firm, in-house legal department, government, public interest, education, alternative legal service providers, etc. They should be nearing the end of their career.

Entry Criteria
The distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award will honor those professionals who have left an indelible mark on the legal profession through their substantive area of work as well as a strong public service component, whether that be through government work, diversity and inclusion efforts or some other form of public service. This is an elite award and the bar is set high. 

Materials required
800 words describing why this individual deserves this highly selective honor. Describe their work and public service and how it has left a mark on the profession. 

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Entry Criteria
This award recognises success and excellence within a practice but also seeks to honour a lawyer who has gone beyond this. Perhaps they are a pioneer of change by changing an area of law, reshaped their institution or an industry, accomplished something of great public service or in other ways made a lasting impact.

Please include the following information:
Role - outline your number of years in post, your experience and areas of responsibility.
Achievements - how have you excelled in your role? You should provide evidence of your leadership ability, strategic vision, troubleshooting and legal skills, client satisfaction and contribution to the success of the business.  How have you excelled beyond your role to make a greater impact outside of your day-to-day responsibilities?
Feedback - provide one written reference from an executive from within your firm/company. 

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
This award sets out to identify and recognise exceptional lawyers with under 10 years PQE.

Entry criteria
The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Troubleshooting and legal skills
  - Client satisfaction
  - Leadership
  - Strategic vision
  - Contribution to the wider community

The submission should highlight concrete - and preferably measurable - ways in which the entrant has contributed to the success of his or her firm/company.

Please include the following information:
  1. Role - describe your role, number of years of post-qualification experience and areas of responsibility. 
  2. Achievements - how have you excelled in your role? You should provide evidence of your leadership ability, strategic vision, troubleshooting and legal skills, client satisfaction and contribution to the success of the business and the wider community. 
  3. Feedback - provide one written reference from an executive from within your firm/company. 

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Team Awards

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Eligibility
Open to UK-based in-house legal departments.

Entry criteria
The judges will expect to see evidence of:
  - Legal expertise and innovation
  - Strategic vision
  - Teamwork
  - Client satisfaction
  - Employee development
  - Contribution to the success of the business
  - Efficiency

Please include the following information:
 
  1. Briefly describe your company and outline the areas of responsibility of the legal department (include business units and regions).
  2. How many lawyers does the department employ and how is the team structured?
  3. How has your department excelled across the full spectrum of in-house responsibilities? You should provide evidence of: legal expertise and innovation; strategic vision; teamwork; client satisfaction; employee development; contribution to the success of the business; and efficiency. Be sure to give concrete examples of how you have helped your company achieve its strategic objectives.
  4. Feedback: provide one written reference from an executive from within your company.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Individual Awards

Elibility
Open to General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers. Only one entry is permitted for each firm/company.


Entry criteria:
This award recognises General Counsel who, through their effective leadership, had significant accomplishments this past year. As just a few examples, such accomplishments may include growing the legal department’s head count or expanding the scope of its duties; significantly reducing legal spend or successfully completing a major undertaking such as a corporate merger or acquisition. We’re looking for dynamic leaders who have partnered with their companies and with their outside counsel to find ways to add value and to transform their legal departments from cost centers to business units.

The judges will be looking for evidence of:
- Troubleshooting and legal skills
- Client satisfaction
- Leadership
- Strategic vision
- Contribution to the wider community

The submission should highlight concrete - and preferably measurable - ways in which the entrant has contributed to the success of his or her firm/company.

Please include the following information:
  1. Role - describe your role, number of years of experience and areas of responsibility.
  2. Achievements - how have you excelled in your role? You should provide evidence of your leadership ability, strategic vision, troubleshooting and legal skills, client satisfaction and contribution to the success of the business and the wider community. Feedback - provide one written reference from an executive from within your firm/company.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Entries can come from all corners of the legal profession, whether it be a law firm, in-house legal department, government, public interest, education, alternative legal service providers, etc. They should be nearing the end of their career.

Entry Criteria
The distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award will honor those professionals who have left an indelible mark on the legal profession through their substantive area of work as well as a strong public service component, whether that be through government work, diversity and inclusion efforts or some other form of public service. This is an elite award and the bar is set high. 

Materials required
No more than one page or describing why this individual deserves this highly selective honor. Describe their work and public service and how it has left a mark on the profession.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
This award sets out to identify the GCs of tomorrow and is open to lawyers with under 10 years PQE.

Entry criteria:
The judges will be looking for evidence of:
  - Troubleshooting and legal skills
  - Client satisfaction
  - Leadership
  - Strategic vision
  - Contribution to the wider community

The submission should highlight concrete - and preferably measurable - ways in which the entrant has contributed to the success of his or her firm/company.

Please include the following information:
  1. Role - describe your role, number of years of post-qualification experience and areas of responsibility. 
  2. Achievements - how have you excelled in your role? You should provide evidence of your leadership ability, strategic vision, troubleshooting and legal skills, client satisfaction and contribution to the success of the business and the wider community. 
  3. Feedback - provide one written reference from an executive from within your firm/company. 

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Team Awards

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry criteria:
Entries for this award should focus on a deal that demonstrated innovative and/or collaborative working across in-house and law firm teams.

The judges will expect to see evidence of:
- Legal expertise and innovation
- Teamwork
- Contribution to the success of the business
- Efficiency
- Strategic vision
- Client Satisfaction

Please include the following information:
  • Please provide an example of a deal, transaction, project or initiative where an external legal adviser and in-house legal team showed excellent collaboration.
  • Show evidence of the ability of both sides to adapt and innovate to needs that arose, and explain why the collaboration was unique and impressive.
  • Show how the team members on both sides worked as change agents and creatively challenged the status quo.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry criteria
The judges will be looking for insight into how you are moving the dial within the organisation and best supporting clients and/or the firm or department with their social impact projects. This can include but is not limited to pro bono, community impact, civil rights & charity. The entry should describe the impact of the project, explain its significance, set out its goals and provide hard evidence that measurable changes have been achieved, or are being achieved.

Please include the following information:
  1. Define the project’s scope: include timelines, goals and team members. It is acceptable for the entry to focus on a particular stage of a long-term project.
  2. How successful was the implementation of this project? Was it within budget and delivered in time? What have been its benefits? Please provide hard evidence that goals have – or are being – achieved.
  3. Feedback. Please provide an appropriate written reference that illustrates the success of this project.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry Criteria:
The judges will be looking for insight into how you are moving the dial within the organisation and/or best supporting clients with their environmental projects. The entry should describe the impact of the project, explain its significance, set out its goals and provide hard evidence that measurable changes have been achieved, or are being achieved.

Please include the following information:
  • Define the project’s scope: include timelines, goals and team members. It is acceptable for the entry to focus on a particular stage of a long-term project.
  • How successful was the implementation of this project? Was it within budget and delivered in time? What have been its benefits? Please provide hard evidence that goals have – or are being – achieved.
  • Feedback. Please provide an appropriate written reference that illustrates the success of this project.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry Criteria
The judges will be looking for insight into how you are moving the dial within the organisation and/or best supporting clients within DE&I. Social mobility initiatives can be included here. The entry should describe the impact of the project, explain its significance, set out its goals and provide hard evidence that measurable changes have been achieved, or are being achieved.

Please include the following information:
  • Define the project’s scope: include timelines, goals and team members. It is acceptable for the entry to focus on a particular stage of a long-term project.
  • How successful was the implementation of this project? Was it within budget and delivered in time? What have been its benefits? Please provide hard evidence that goals have – or are being – achieved.
  • Feedback. Please provide an appropriate written reference that illustrates the success of this project.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

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Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry Criteria
Entries for this award should focus on systems and projects that demonstrate excellence in legal operations.

The judges will expect to see evidence of:
 - Legal expertise and innovation
 - Cost and time savings
 - Teamwork
 - Contribution to the success of the business
 - Efficiency
 - Strategic vision
 - Client Satisfaction

Please include the following information:
  1. Please provide examples of the projects and systems.
  2. Evidence of the team's ability to adapt and innovate to the current needs of the organisation.
  3. How the project or system has improved efficiency and ultimately client service provision?
  4. Show how the team members have worked as change agents and creatively challenged the status quo.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments and the UK offices of international firms.

Entry Criteria
This award is focused on the implementation of technology within a law firm/company to either improve the delivery of legal services, improve efficiency in internal or client-facing operations, improve work-life balance, etc. The technology can be client facing or only used within the law firm. The judges will look favourably upon imaginative, well-executed projects that are delivered on time and within budget. The entry submission should include evidence of the benefits that the project has brought to the firm or legal department.

Please include the following information:
  1. Define the project or initiative’s scope: include timelines, goals and team members. It is acceptable for the entry to focus on a particular stage of a long-term project.
  2. How successful was the implementation of this project or initiative? Was it within budget and delivered in time? What have been its benefits? Please provide hard evidence that goals have – or are being – achieved.
  3. Feedback. Please provide an appropriate written reference that illustrates the success of this project.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Eligibility
Open to law firms operating in the UK, legal departments, the UK offices of international firms and other providers of legal services.

Entry Criteria
This award honours an organisation that has defined and executed on an initiative or overall mission that supports the well-being and welfare of its members or other stakeholders. The entry should describe the impact of the project, explain its significance, set out its goals and provide hard evidence that measurable changes have been achieved, or are being achieved.

Please include the following information:
  1. Define the project’s scope: include timelines, goals and team members. It is acceptable for the entry to focus on a particular stage of a long-term project.
  2. How successful was the implementation of this project? Was it within budget and delivered in time? What have been its benefits? Please provide hard evidence that goals have – or are being – achieved.
  3. Feedback. Please provide an appropriate written reference that illustrates the success of this project.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.

Individual Awards

Eligibility
This award recognises legal professionals who have gone unnoticed for, or were instrumental behind the scenes in, particularly important work. For example, it could be a associate, paralegal or notary whose work made the difference in a major piece of litigation, or a more senior lawyer whose presence has had a positive impact on a law firm or organisation’s culture.

Criteria
The idea is to give due credit to lawyers and legal professionals whose work, while not necessarily flashy, is vital to the success of their firm or organisation.
 
The judges will be looking for evidence of:

- Troubleshooting and legal skills
- Client satisfaction
- Leadership
- Strategic vision
- Contribution to the wider community


The submission should highlight concrete - and preferably measurable - ways in which the entrant has contributed to the success of his or her firm/company.

Please include the following information:
  1. Role- describe your role and areas of responsibility.
  2. Achievements - how have you excelled in your role? You should provide evidence of your leadership ability, strategic vision, troubleshooting and legal skills, client satisfaction and contribution to the success of the business and the wider community.
  3. Feedback - provide one written reference from an executive from within your firm/company.

Important Note
The matters highlighted in this submission should be articulated using clear evidence and measurable terms as well as showing plans for longevity/longer term impact. Testimonials are encouraged where possible as they strengthen submissions and provide independent validation.