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IWLA celebrates IWD2025

Mar 10, 2025

IWLA celebrates International Women’s Day 2025

IWLA has been active at multiple events to represent the interests of our members and contribute towards the discussion on how to #AccelerateAction on matters impacting on women in the legal professions in Ireland.

“As women achieve power, the barriers will fall. As society sees what women can do, as women see what women can do, there will be more women out there doing things, and we’ll all be better off for it.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

 

IWLA in the press  

IWLA Woman Lawyer of the Year Ms. Justice Marie Baker and IWLA Vice Chair Jane McGowan BL contributed to Emmet Malone’s Irish Times article published for International Women’s Day 2025. “Imaginative and productive thinking” is required to support women in achieving their full potential.

Read more here https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2025/03/07/international-womens-day-2025-ireland-working-gender-equality/

 

IWLA IWD2025 Online Event

IWLA celebrates International Women’s Day this year with a pair of CPD events with a focus on supporting our members to manage the stresses that present in the workplace and focus on measures to address them. The first of IWLAs events took place online where IWLA Treasurer Deirdre O’Hanlon hosted a conversation with Nadine McMahon, corporate lawyer and wellness practitioner. This event is the first of the IWLAs 2025 series of CPD events supporting our members throughout the year to ensure their ongoing professional development needs are met in a time and format that suits them. The recording will shortly be available on the IWLA Youtube Channel

 

Law Society of Ireland Panel Event

IWLA was ably represented at the Law Society of Ireland International Women’s Day event by both IWLA Data Protection Officer Demilade Adeniran and long-serving IWLA committee member and Law Society Council Member Fiona McNulty, with Chief State Solicitor Maria Browne delivered the keynote address. A wonderful collegiate evening was enjoyed while also taking note of the Law Society’s valuable research on matters relating to women in law in Ireland.

Fiona McNulty addressed the importance of firms and senior lawyers not just having fair policies for female lawyers, but also being willing to model behaviour. For example, showing it’s okay to have a family and okay to have work life balance. She also spoke about the importance of networks like the IWLA and highlighted how important it is for policies to be in place and in the knowledge of the women who work at these workplaces.

Demilade Adeniran spoke about how junior women can have a seat at the table, that it’s okay to be ambitious and how joining networks like the IWLA can be great for having people who you can call on to champion you setting out that the IWLA is open to barristers and to solicitors.

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Bar of Ireland Panel Event 

IWLA Woman Lawyer of the Year Ms. Justice Marie Baker delivered the keynote address at the Bar of Ireland’s Accelerate Action IWD2025 event featuring a distinguished panel at the Honorable Society of King’s Inns including