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Awards & Recognition
- Medal of Honour from The Barcelona Bar for International work in Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation – 2022
- Justitia International Leader Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
- Nominated for United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, Women of Distinction Award 2020
- We are the City ‘Rising Star’ Role Model Award 2019
- Power of Woman Award, Woman Lawyer of the year in 2018
- Wintrade Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2018
Modern Law Awards ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in 2013 - Acknowledged for management skills in “Hot 100” by The Lawyer in 2012
- Chambers and Partners UK Guide “she is exceptionally committed, not just to her clients but to justice as a whole.”
Publications
- LAA asks firms to bid for 10-year criminal legal aid contracts (Sep 2024)
- IBA Mexico: Government urged to support generative AI for access to justice (Sep 2024)
- Japan Bar’s first woman president welcomes BIC (May 2024)
- International Women’s Day Conference in Paris Spotlights Female Leadership as Key to Confronting Iranian Tyranny and Terrorism (March 2024)
- Barristers’ chambers secures private equity investment from LDC . Technology and flexibility, an advantage for the “21st century Bar” (May 2023)
- Clerksroom becomes first chambers to take private equity investment (May 2023)
- Private equity pumps eight-figure sum into disrupter barrister group (May 2023)
- LDC invests £10m to combat lawyer burnout and boost remote working (May 2023)
- Private equity pumps eight-figure sum into disrupter barrister group (May 2023)
- Delighted to announce the launch of the first ever issue of BIC News. It is a new communication initiative of the IBA’s Bar Issues Commission (BIC) – a forum and source of support for IBA Member Bars and Law Societies worldwide (May 2023)
- GCs ‘not reaping benefits of legal market liberalisation’, The Law Gazette (Dec 2022)
- Mentoring Advice, Legal Women (Nov 2022)
- We can do better than female quotas, The Law Gazette (Nov 2022)
- What Lies Ahead? Facing the challenges together (Nov 2022)
- Violence against women: UK ratifies Istanbul Convention but excludes protection for migrants (Aug 2022)
- Soft Skills For Law (July 2022)
- Women in Leadership (June 2022)
- Ex-presidents leave Law Society Council (Oct 2021)
- CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight (Sep 2021)
- issuu.com: AI (May 2021)
- Virtual justice: Online trials are an opportunity to reform the court system (May 2021)
- Women in Leadership in Law – are we there yet? (April 2021)
- Lawyers remember the Duke (April 2021)
- PAY EQUITY IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION (RECORDING) (April 2021)
- Filling the Technology Gap in the Legal Sector : The Need for Future Training (November 2020)
- Filling the Technology Gap in the Legal Sector : The Demand for New Skills (November 2020)
- Filling the Technology Gap in the Legal Sector : Investment is Key (November 2020)
- Legal Women (October 2020)
- Legl Leader in Tech Interview – Christina Blacklaws (April 22nd, 2020)
- Conyers hosts students for webinar celebrating women in law (December 2019)
- Legal Challenges (October 2019)
- The Messenger – North West Law (October 2019)
- Algorithms: transparency and accountability (Opinion piece, September 2018)
- A tribute to Sir James Munby – the people’s president (September 2018)
- Saïd Business School – An interview with Christina Blacklaws (2018)
Podcasts and Radio
- Law in Action – The Post Office scandal (March 2024)
- NEW TALKING LAW PODCAST Christina Blacklaws shares her advice for women, and those suffering from Imposter Syndrome, supported by Salford Business School. (Sep 2022)
- The Workplace – International Women’s Day (March 2022)
- How to be an Ally on Resonance (Oct 2021)
- Ex-presidents leave Law Society Council (Oct 2021)
- CLI Legalpreneurs Spotlight (Sep 2021)
- The Power of Privilege and Allyship (April 2021)
- The Manchester Law and Technology Podcast (August 2020)
- Frogast London – Episode 2 – Women in Law (May 2020)
- The Law Society’s Women Lawyers Division: Why now is not the time to put D&I on the back burner (May 2020)
- First 100 Years Podcast – The Ninth Decade: 1999 – 2009 (September 2019)
- The Law Society Women Lawyers Division (May 2019)
Videos
- Legal Geek Conference (2023)
- World Law Congress summary (May 2021)
- LTIC insight for business leaders (May 2021)
- Anthony Collins international women’s day (March 2021)
- Global Legal Tech summit- The Future is Biased (February 2021)
- The Social aspect of Corporate sustainability (December 2020)
- World Law Congress (December 2020)
- LawWorks Probono awards (December 2020)
- LTIC Open Day – Christina Blacklaws Welcome Note (November 2020)
- Opening Session Miami: “Covid-19: Boon or Detriment for Gender Equality?” (November 2020)
- Women’s rights: beyond the prism of law and men (November 2020)
- Women In Law Dialogue series (US ed’n) Is COVID-19 taking Women Lawyers’ careers back to the 1950’s (October 2020)
- Women In Law Dialogue series (Asia ed) Is COVID-19 taking Women Lawyers’ careers back to the 1950’s (October 2020)
- Fighting bias in the age of machine learning and artificial intelligence (November 2020)
- Breaking the glass ceiling & supporting Women in Law (September 2020)
- Panache Software – Interview with Christina Blacklaws (September 2020)
- Breaking the glass ceiling & supporting women in law (September 2020)
- Transitioning to a new professional services sector (July 2020)
- Justice Tech & Embracing Change Webinar | Forte Markets (July 2020)
- Women in Legal Tech Webinar | Forte Markets (July 2020)
- The Legal Gold Rush: Unmet Legal Need with Christina Blacklaws (May 2020)
- Social Impact Day (May 2020)
- Meridian West brand communication and client engagement (April 2020)
- Lady Hale’s Valedictory remarks (December 2019)
- Brunel University London annual law school conference (September 2019)