Event date: Thursday, 27 November 2025
Venue: Crown Melbourne
Welcome reception: 6:30pm AEDT
Official start: 7:00pm
Dress: Black tie
Our biggest event recognising the influence of exceptional women across the Australian legal industry is back for 2025: the Women in Law Awards.
This prestigious national awards program presents an exceptional opportunity for leading women to showcase their achievements, attract more clients and propel their careers, on top of giving them the recognition they deserve.
This year, we will once again celebrate the best of the best in the business of law, and we will continue to highlight the women working within the industry, including executives, barristers, academics, pro bono lawyers, students and many more.
Get ready to celebrate in style with the 2025 black-tie gala event that will bring together leaders to celebrate the achievements and excellence of the most successful professionals and businesses at the legal industry’s night of nights.
Event date: Thursday, 27 November 2025
Venue: Crown Melbourne
Registration opens: 8:00am AEDT
Official start: 8:40am
Dress: Business casual
Lawyers Weekly’s annual Women in Law Forum is back for its fourth instalment, celebrating and supporting the largest demographic of Australia's legal profession.
The Women in Law Forum lands at a critical time. While the nation accelerates towards gender equality with a new legislative vehicle, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives continue to unravel in other jurisdictions. Technology, too, is changing the ways we work and communicate in profound ways, with untold impacts on autonomy, accountability, and equity.
The Women in Law Forum is designed against this backdrop to honour the women reshaping the legal landscape and pave the way for a more inclusive and equitable future for those coming through the ranks. The event is a crucial platform for distinguished legal professionals, fierce advocates, and passionate activists to confront the unresolved inequities that still linger in professional services and beyond.
Don’t miss your opportunity to connect with a dynamic and diverse community of like-minded professionals, all united in their commitment to drive positive change for women in law and beyond. Together, we will forge a path towards better support systems, effective allyship, and improved working environments for the next generation.
Join us at the Women in Law Forum 2025 to observe and partake in conversations that aim to ensure the Australian legal profession continues to evolve in ways that make our workplaces not only more equitable and diverse, but also safer.
Event date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Venue: Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Welcome reception: 6:30pm AEDT
Official start: 7:00pm
Dress: Black tie
The Australian AI Awards recognise the professionals, organisations, and solutions that have transformed the Australian economy, from banking, law, accounting, and wealth management to defence, aerospace, cyber, and many more.
The awards are open to all individuals and businesses that have developed innovative AI solutions and are a coveted accolade for those seeking to cement their careers in AI.
Take the first step to being recognised at a national level and build a reputation for excellence.
Get ready to celebrate in style at the 2025 black-tie gala event, bringing together business leaders from across Australia to celebrate the achievements of the best and brightest in AI.
Don’t miss your chance to win one of these coveted awards and reap the benefits of a prestigious accolade.
2026 dates to be announced
A new era in legal leadership
With the legal profession undergoing profound transformation – driven by technological advancements, geopolitical uncertainty, and shifting client demands – the need for considered, profession-wide dialogue has never been more pronounced.
Launching in 2025, the Australian Law Forum is set to become the definitive meeting place for our nation’s legal community.
This landmark event brings together the entire legal profession under one roof. It's a unique platform for engaging with your clients, reconnecting with your peers, and creating new relationships across the entire sector. And with three dedicated streams for BigLaw and boutique firms, in-house teams and counsel, and sole practitioners of all stripes, our agenda promises to drive highly-tailored insights on your most urgent challenges, whether that's navigating regulatory upheaval, wrestling with the complexities of AI in legal practice, or responding to new client expectations.
Join us at the inaugural Australian Law Forum, where the nation’s legal profession will come together to lead, learn, and transform. Keen to attend in 2026? Register your interest to be the first to know when tickets go on sale.
2026 dates to be announced
The Australian Law Awards returned in 2025, once again delivering an unparalleled awards program identifying professionals and firms across the nation.
With 25 years of recognition, the awards program continued to celebrate those who worked tirelessly to make the legal industry thrive. From managing partners and general counsel to barristers, legal scholars, and rising stars, the Australian Law Awards remained the pinnacle event for recognising talent in the Australian legal industry.
Guests celebrated in style at an awards night designed for the stars. We were more excited than ever to honour those propelling the industry forward.
Winners seized the chance to claim one of these coveted awards and enjoy the benefits of a prestigious accolade.
Register your interest today for 2026.
The Partner of the Year Awards returned in 2025, once again delivering an unparalleled awards program that identified the legal partners, or partner equivalents, across individual practice areas within the Australian legal profession.
The awards were regarded as one of the legal profession’s most prestigious accolades, highlighting professional development and innovation, and showcasing the individuals who led the way in the industry.
Recognising specialists from corporate and criminal to family, mergers and acquisitions, and more, the program provided an opportunity to be acknowledged as one of the leading partners in Australia.
Attendees celebrated in style at an awards night designed for the stars. It was a momentous occasion to honour those who propelled the industry forward.
The awards were open to all individuals operating in Australia who supported the business of law.
The Partner of the Year Awards will return in 2026. Register your interest to be the first to know when submissions open.
2026 dates to be announced
Against a backdrop of tired legal events, the inaugural Partner Summit made waves as an incisive national forum dedicated to addressing the specific concerns of law firm partners. With an agenda developed in deep consultation with advisory partners, the summit exposed senior attendees to the latest thinking and best practices emerging from the heights of legal leadership.
In the face of looming volatility in global markets and politics, the summit challenged law firm partners to think beyond traditional understandings of management and practical expertise. Attendees heard how partners could protect themselves, their firms, and their clients by improving cyber security posture and professionalising approaches to financial and succession planning. It also pulled at the thread of AI to better understand how this revolutionary technology threatened established firm practices by upending client expectations, redefining team management, and challenging underlying business models.
The summit served as the ultimate platform for vocational growth, connected like-minded colleagues, and exposed them to divergent perspectives. Attending this summit was an investment in the future success and sustainability of each firm, propelling participants towards success at a time of increased competition for top talent and clientele alike.
The Partner Summit will return in 2026. Register your interest to be the first to know when tickets go on sale.
2026 dates to be announced
The benchmark awards program for excellence in the corporate counsel sector returned
The Corporate Counsel Awards returned in 2025, once again delivering an unparalleled awards program that recognised the excellence of top-performing in-house legal professionals at a national level.
Year after year, the awards program had recognised those influencing the profession and propelling the industry forward.
Nominees took the first step toward national recognition and built a reputation for excellence. The awards were open to all eligible professionals and businesses operating across Australia.
The 2025 black-tie gala event brought together leaders from across the country to celebrate the achievements of the industry’s most successful in-house counsel.
Many seized the opportunity to win this coveted award and enjoy the benefits of a prestigious accolade.
The Corporate Counsel Awards will return in 2026. Register your interest to be the first to know when submissions open.
2026 dates to be announced
Held in May 2025, the Corporate Counsel Summit elevated the nation’s in-house community to new heights.
Australian businesses had been relying heavily on their in-house teams to respond to regulatory and technological interventions in the marketplace. With the nation’s peak regulatory bodies demonstrating interventionist intent and emerging technologies threatening long-standing operating models, the role of general counsel had never been so varied and valuable.
In its seventh year, the pre-eminent leadership forum for Australia’s in-house professionals brought together over 250 in-house counsel to hear from the nation’s leading legal minds.
Attendees explored an agenda curated in close consultation with industry leaders, equipping them with the latest tools and strategies emerging from the sector.
The Corporate Counsel Summit will return in 2026. Register your interest to be the first to know when tickets go on sale.
For over a decade, the Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Awards has brought the legal industry an unparalleled awards program that identifies the finest young lawyers across the nation.
Achieving 30 Under 30 status offered finalists and winners the foundation for career progression, with industry-wide recognition for professional competency, all while highlighting a passion for the law and a great dedication to personal advancement.
The 30 Under 30 Awards will return in 2026. Register your interest today to be the first to know when submissions open.
Friday, 15 November 2024 • Hyatt Regency, Sydney • Welcome reception: 6:30pm AEDT • Official start: 7:00pm • Black tie
Recognising the women leading the charge in the financial services sector
This national awards program was designed to recognise and acknowledge the leading women influencing the Australian finance industry.
This is the benchmark for excellence around Australia, and year after year recognises the outstanding contributions made to the profession and those propelling the industry forward.
This year, we will once again celebrate the best of the best over a range of categories, from entrepreneurs and CEOs to those working in accounting, banking, finance, and many more.
Take the first step to being recognised at a national level and build a reputation for excellence. The awards are open to all female professionals and businesses operating across Australia.
Keen to be involved in 2025? Register your interest now and be the first to know when submissions open.
