100More

It’s been 100 years since women were admitted to the legal profession. This century of female practice is marked by a rich multiplicity of roles: women have used their legal training to achieve any number of path-breaking firsts. We are prosecutors and public defenders, in-house corporate counsel, magistrates judges, Cabinet ministers, and chief regulators. We serve government, business, civil society and our communities. The 100+ campaign looks to celebrate each of these achievements and to help nurture a new generation of women lawyers so that we might use our law degrees in support of whatever our ambitions might be. As a decentralised campaign, looking to activate participation from a wide array of institutions and initiatives – big or small — in which women lawyers feature, the campaign will reflect the depth and diversity of the parts played by women lawyers since their first admission 100 years ago. 10 April 2023 marks 100 years since this significant alteration in the opportunities available to women in law. To mark the centenary of the Act’s passage and to foster the commitment to creating even more opportunities for women in law, we create the 100+ campaign.