Also in attendance will be NSW Governor Marie Bashir, High Court Chief Justice Robert French, NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos and NSW Women Lawyers patron Supreme Court Justice Jane Mathews.

Winners will be announced in five categories and a Lifetime Achievement Award will also be presented. The judging panel includes representatives from the Attorney-General's Department of NSW, the NSW Bar Association, the Law Society of NSW, the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association and the Women Lawyers Association of NSW.

This year's nominees are as follows:

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Woman Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice

* Dianne Banks

* Kristine Hallam Littlewood

* Kylie Matthews

* Maureen Peatman

* Fiona Shand

* Anny Slater

In-house Woman Lawyer of the Year

* Bronwyn Carr

* Prue Gilbert

* Christine Hanson

Woman Lawyer of the Year in a Community Organisation

* Edwina MacDonald

*Joanne Muller

Woman Lawyer Advocate of the Year

* Belinda Barker

* Tina Jowett

Ucoming Woman Lawyer of the Year

* Ruth Chalmers

* Heidi Fairhall

* Sara Gul

Tickets are $175 a head ($155 for WLANSW members) or $1550 for a corporate table of ten. See www.womenlawyersnsw.org.au for registration details.

- Zoe Lyon