blacklaws roles
Current Roles
Non Executive Directorships:
Academic roles:
Government roles:
- Appointed member of the King’s Counsel Selection Panel
- Chair of LawTech UK Panel
- Appointed member of the Ministry of Justice’s Legal Support Advisory Board
Representative and volunteer roles:
- Civil Liberties Trust – Chair
- 20-first advisory board member
- Council Member of Law Society of England and Wales, representing Women Lawyers Division
- Legal Women Magazine Editorial Board Member
Honorary Fellowship:
International Roles:
- World Jurist Association trustee
- Board member of the World Law Foundation
- President of the English Chapter of the World Jurist Association
- UK Representative on the International Bar Association Council
- Women Lawyers Interest Group
- Officer of the Bar Issues Committee
Past Roles
Professional Roles:
- Legal Services Ambassador, KPMG, August 2019-March 2020
- Non-Executive Director, Mason and Cook, August 2019-November 2020
- Chief Operating Officer then Director of Innovation, Cripps LLP, 2014-2018
- Director of Policy, the Co-operative Legal Services, 2012-2014
- Statutory Director and Board Member at the Co-operative Legal Services, 2011-2014
- Founder and Managing Partner, Blacklaws Davis, 2006-2011
Representative Roles:
- Thomson Reuters Women in Law Advisory Board
- Elected office holder (deputy vice president, vice president then president) of the Law Society of England and Wales, 2016-2019
- Chair of the Commission on Technology and Policy, 2017-2019
- Trustee of LawWorks, 2016-2019
- Member of Judicial Diversity Forum, 2016-2019
- Executive member of the Family Justice Council, 2010-2019
- Chief Assessor of the Law Society’s Children Panel, 2009-2012
- Member and chair of several committees and boards including Family Law, Regulatory Board and Legal Affairs and Policy Board, 2002-2016
Academic roles: