Shortlisted nominees will be interviewed by a judging panel including Michael Todd QC, Chairman of the Bar Council; Kim Hollis QC, Chair of the Bar Council’s Equality and Diversity Committee; and Caroline Binham, Legal Correspondent at the Financial Times and winner of the Bar Council’s 2011 Legal Reporting Awards.

The legal category winner will be announced at a Celebration Evening at London Docklands on Tuesday 30 October, with the overall winner announced at a lunch at Plaisterers’ Hall on 23 November. Nominees must be available for interview on Wednesday 10 October. For more information, including instructions on how to nominate a candidate, please visit: www.citywomen.co.uk/?p=woman-of-achievement-award-2012.