Our Sponsors
DWL has a four-tier annual corporate sponsorship program. DWL’s corporate sponsorship is by invite only and organisations are invited in January each year to participate in sponsorship. DWL welcomes its 2025 corporate platinum, gold, silver and bronze sponsors.
Platinum Sponsor
Allens has a strong commitment to inclusion and diversity.
Allens appreciates the value and unique contribution that different backgrounds and life experiences bring to the firm. Allens is committed to embracing these contributions, which enables the firm to connect with clients, make better decisions, solve complex problems, innovate, and attract and retain great people.
Allens is proud to partner with and support DWL’s initiative to create a more diverse profession. Their Platinum sponsorship for 2025 is enabled through a collaboration between Allens' People and Development team, and two internal committees, their Cultural Awareness Network and Women@Allens.
Learn more about Allens and career opportunities at the firm:
“In 2024, we saw the resounding success of a new cohort completing the Advocacy Program. Our podcast Unravelled continues to provide interesting insights into the lives, experiences and ideas of inspirational Diverse Women). We have also run a number of events including our annual clerkship series, Industry Gap Event, Walk in My Shoes event on Accessibility, Disability, and Neurodivergence, Recruitment and Retention Roundtable, and our annual Cultural Event. I am grateful for the support of our sponsors this year, who have partnered with us to further our goals and who are aligned with our objectives as an organisation”
Gold Sponsors
”At Herbert Smith Freehills, we don’t expect our people to be or think the same. That’s why fostering an inclusive and respectful culture where our people can be themselves, contribute their ideas and perform roles which are meaningful and aligned to our shared values is a core business priority.” - Justin D’Agostino, CEO
We are proud of our commitment to attracting, developing, and retaining people from a wide range of backgrounds and fostering a respectful, inclusive, high-performing culture where everyone can thrive. This is at the heart of what we do and who we are, and it is underpinned by our values – human, bold, and outstanding – and our vision to be a world-leading international law firm known for our insight and diverse perspectives. We are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Diverse Women in Law.
Read more here.
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia’s leading independent law firm.
With more than 175 years of history and a talented and diverse team of over 1000 people, we pride ourselves on our client-focused approach and commitment to excellence. Our fundamental ambition is the success of our clients, and this is reflected in everything we do.
We understand that diversity and inclusion is essential to our success and the wellbeing of our people. We take pride in our inclusive and supportive culture, where every form of diversity is celebrated. This commitment enriches our workplace and strengthens our relationships with clients and communities.
Our people – at all levels – own our diversity and inclusion agenda and foster our inclusive and supportive culture.
We are delighted to partner with Diverse Women in Law to elevate and empower diverse women to achieve their full potential.
Corrs’ diversity and inclusion representative is Gillian Griffiths.
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Thomson Geer firmly believes in equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. Diversity is inherent to the way Thomson Geer operates and is core to the success of our business and people.
Diversity refers to respecting and harnessing differences. It is born out of a recognition that individuals are unique and characterised by a range of differing dimensions - age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, physical ability, religious or cultural belief, and gender identity.
The firm has in place a range of initiatives focused on maintaining a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Thomson Geer is proud to support Diverse Women in Law and its mission to empower and support diverse women through all stages of their legal studies and career. The firm shares DWL’s commitment to empowering Diverse Women in the legal profession.
Please feel free to visit and connect with Thomson Geer on any of its social media channels:
Silver Sponsors
“Our sponsors help us to grow and establish an inclusive community of peers, supporters and allies for diverse women in the profession. By partnering with us for events and engaging employees in DWL programs and speaking opportunities, we hope that our members and volunteers will deepen their network of positive role models in the law. Over time, I am confident that we will see real changes in the diverse recruitment, retention and progression efforts in the sector”
Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) values and is dedicated to inclusion. G+T are committed to providing and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment and a culture which fosters and celebrates difference. We have a long and proud history of celebrating diversity, equality and fairness for all and have a genuine appreciation that having diverse people around our firm makes us richer. For G+T it is about diversity of thinking and integrating people's life experience into our work culture to ensure that we are as diverse as, and reflective of the wider community.
G+T has been recognised as a leading employer for diversity and gender equality. With our Diversity Council, we seek to drive awareness and continue to be interventionist in addressing issues of bias across:
Gender Equality
Cultural and Social Inclusion
Disability and Accessibility
First Nations
LGBTQ+
Mental Health and Wellbeing
We are proud to partner with and support DWL in their pursuit to empower, mentor and support diverse women.
G+T’s Diversity and Inclusion representative is Karen Arkins.
Please feel free to visit and connect with G+T on any of its social media channels.
“Much is said about diversity in the profession. However, action is what is needed. DWL is active to ensure that diverse women are not left behind. DWL’s primary objective is to ensure that those women have
support, network and mentoring to assist them when entering the profession and to maximise the prospects of these women remaining in the profession and progressing to section levels of the profession.”
King & Wood Mallesons is committed to building a stronger justice system, workplace and community. We are excited to partner with Diverse Women in Law to share knowledge and work together in advancing our commitment.
KWM recognises that addressing inequity is complex and requires action across multiple areas to drive effective transformation. We have over 50% representation of women across all non-partner levels, and continue striving towards our women in partnership target of 40%. We’re doing this with a range of initiatives, policies and programs that enable and support diverse women.
Our diversity and inclusion policies are market leading, including our Parental Leave, Reproductive Health, Public Holiday Swap, and Family and Domestic Violence Leave policies. Our recruitment resources and practices ensure best practice in inclusive hiring. We recently conducted an audit (visual, language and content) of our recruitment collateral and made improvements to ensure we attract diverse talent.
We undertake multiple gender pay gap analyses each year to ensure that women are paid equitably. Please read our Gender Pay Gap Employer Statement to learn more about this work and our performance.
You can connect with KWM through:
Norton Rose Fulbright values diversity and the benefits diverse teams bring to our clients. We strive to create a culture of inclusion, one where our people have a sense of belonging and can bring their whole selves to work each and every day. Our gender diversity target of 40:40:20 focuses our recruitment efforts and development programs ensuring we always have a min of 40% women, 40% men with 20% flexibility (to create a truly inclusive target) across all of our cohorts including lawyers, partners and business services.
We are proud to partner with and support DWL’s mission that is consistent with our focus on equity and creating an even playing field for all. This includes a goal to become more culturally and racially diverse, to create a workplace free from barriers for those living with disability and people from all socio-economic backgrounds in addition to creating leading practices and inclusive policies for parents and carers and our LGBTIQ+ colleagues through our active Pride Network. DWL has a unique platform to help shape the future workforce of Norton Rose Fulbright, and the legal industry and we are excited to be part of that journey.
NRFA’s Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is Amelia Britton.
Please feel free to visit and connect with NRFA on any of its social media channels and read about NRFA’s diversity and inclusion strategy:
Instagram @nortonrosefulbright and @nortonrosefulbrightstudents
"Diverse teams and an inclusive working environment deliver a significant range of benefits."
At Ashurst, fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging is key to our vision of being the most progressive global law firm. This approach allows us to offer exceptional service to our clients and create an extraordinary place for our people to work. We are committed to driving gender equality and ensuring we focus on retaining and nurturing diverse talent by providing developmental opportunities to support our people to thrive.
Ashurst is proud to partner with and support DWL in our pursuit of increasing the representation of diverse women in the legal profession. DWL shares our commitment to improving diversity of all types and at all levels through their meaningful events, initiatives, and mentoring opportunities. Our partnership with DWL allows us to champion diversity in law and empower our diverse women to be change-makers and leaders within the profession.
Please feel free to visit and connect with Ashurst on any of our social media channels.
Bronze Sponsors
At Clyde & Co, creating an inclusive culture and maintaining a diverse workforce is vital to the way we operate. It’s crucial that our people feel happy, respected, and able to be their whole selves at work. Having a workforce from a variety of backgrounds and experiences helps us harness the power of different perspectives, to better innovate, problem solve, and drive change.
We continue to embed D&I into all our internal people processes and have added criteria on D&I as part of the promotion to Legal Director and Partner processes, and D&I questions are also being added to our Career Development Framework for all levels and roles.
Clyde & Co is therefore proud to partner with DWL in our common pursuit of supporting those who self-identify as women, non-binary and gender diverse throughout their legal studies and careers, as well as those who self-identify as being from an underrepresented background.
Clyde & Co’s diversity and inclusion representative is Christie McGregor.
Please connect with us via LinkedIn and find out more about our CSR initiatives here.
Our vision for a more diverse and inclusive workplace at Clayton Utz includes a focus on gender equality, cultural diversity, accessibility & inclusion, LGBTIQ inclusion, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Involvement with Diverse Women in Law (DWL) offers us an avenue to advance this agenda. The importance that DWL and its activities place on acknowledging broader diversity and intersectionality is particularly appealing.
Having recently refreshed our gender equality strategy and reaffirmed our status as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, we're excited about improving the visibility and engagement of our diverse women.
Clayton Utz's diversity and inclusion representative is Riet O’Brien.
You can learn more or connect with us through our Website and LinkedIn.
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DWL invites organisations whose values align with ours to contact us to discuss sponsorship options.