Celebrating Women in Law International Women’s Day 2016

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2016, the Women at the Bar Working Group of The bar of Ireland, chaired by Grainne Larkin BL and Imogen McGrath BL, hosted a dinner at the King’s Inns  to celebrate women in law.

An esteemed audience of barristers, judges and solicitors including Director of Public Prosecutions Claire Loftus, Chief State Solicitor Eileen Creedon and Aoife McNickle BL of the Irish Women Lawyers Association gathered to celebrate their female colleagues and to discuss the challenges that women can face in progressing within the legal profession. 

Director of The Bar of Ireland, Ciara Murphy, opened the evening’s proceedings, setting out The Bar of Ireland’s priority to understand the challenges faced by its female membership and to identify solutions to support women at the Bar, followed by an inspiring speech by keynote speaker Louise Phelan, Vice President of Global Operations for PayPal in EMEA, who shared her insight and experience as a female in business.