Our Sponsors.
DWL’s annual corporate sponsorship program is by invite only. Organisations are invited in January each year to participate in sponsorship.
DWL welcomes its 2026 corporate platinum, gold, silver and bronze sponsors.
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Align with DWL to support your employees who identify as diverse women, fostering a community that prioritises inclusivity and belonging in the profession.
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Play an instrumental role in fulfilling DWL's mission, contributing to the sustainability and growth of our initiatives, and reinforcing your firm's commitment to diversity and inclusion.
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Elevate your organisation’s champions, allies, and supporters by enhancing cultural competency. Engage meaningfully with colleagues and stakeholders through enriched understanding and interaction.
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Cultivate a diverse network of individuals and collective experiences within your firm, enhancing diversity of thought, performance, and accountability.
Platinum Sponsor
Thomsons firmly believes in equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. Diversity is inherent to the way Thomsons 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.
Thomsons 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 Thomsons on any of its social media channels:
“The legal profession has come a long way in recognising the valuable contribution that women from diverse backgrounds make to the profession, but there is still a long way to go yet. DWL is committed to supporting, mentoring and promoting Diverse Women to enter the profession, remain in the profession, and rise to the highest ranks of the profession. We know that you walk with us on that journey.”
– The Honourable Justice Yehia, DWL Board Member and past Chair (2019-2022)
Gold Sponsors
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Gilbert + Tobin
Gilbert + Tobin is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace where difference is not only respected, but celebrated. We are proud of our long-standing history of championing diversity, equity, and fairness and we recognise that a broad range of perspectives and lived experiences strengthens both our culture and the work we deliver.
Our approach goes beyond representation
We focus on creating a culture where people feel supported to contribute fully and where diversity of thinking and lived experience is reflected in how we work, collaborate, and deliver for our clients. We aim to foster an environment that genuinely reflects the communities we are part of.
Our commitment has been consistently recognised
We have been recognised as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality for 17 consecutive years and consistently had the lowest gender pay gap among top-tier law firms for the past three years. Our Diversity Council plays an active role in driving awareness and taking a proactive, interventionist approach to addressing bias across key focus areas, including Cultural and Social Inclusion, Disability and Accessibility, First Nations, Gender Equality and LGBTQ+.
We are proud to partner with DWL in their mission to empower, mentor and advance diverse women.
G+T’s Diversity and Inclusion representative is Karen Arkins.
Connect with us:
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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Corrs Chambers Westgarth is Australia's leading independent law firm. At Corrs, our vision is for a workplace where everyone belongs and is empowered to succeed, and we believe that diversity in all its forms should be embraced and celebrated.
Corrs and Diverse Women in Law share a commitment to elevating and empowering diverse women in the legal profession. Like DWL, we are focused on ensuring that people from diverse backgrounds have the support, mentoring and opportunities they need to thrive and progress to leadership positions. Our Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan reflects this shared ambition, with a focus on fostering inclusive behaviours, embedding equality principles into our people processes, and engaging with our community and industry to drive positive change.
Our people – at all levels – own our diversity and inclusion agenda. We are delighted to partner with DWL as we work together towards a more diverse, inclusive and equitable legal profession.
Corrs' diversity and inclusion representative is Gillian Griffiths.
Connect with us:
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Allens
At Allens, inclusion and diversity are core enablers of our firm strategy and central to how we attract, develop and retain talent.
Our approach focuses on two priorities: growing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive, respectful and collaborative culture where everyone feels safe, valued and able to contribute meaningfully. We work to remove barriers, embrace diverse perspectives and support our people, for example through flexible work, inclusive parental leave, accessibility initiatives and wellbeing resources.
We are proud to partner with and support DWL’s initiative to create a more diverse profession. Our Gold sponsorship for 2026 is enabled through a collaboration between our People and Development team, and two internal committees, our Cultural Awareness Network and Women@Allens.
Learn more about Allens and career opportunities at the firm:
“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”
– Keerthi Ravi, Founder of DWL
Silver Sponsors
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Clayton Utz
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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Norton Rose Fulbright
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 for all. Our DEI strategy and programs focus on a number of streams including:
Culture & race;
Gender diversity;
Disability confidence;
Carers and parents;
LGBTIQ+ Inclusion and
Flexible work practices.
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.
Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia is Amelia Britton.
Please feel free to visit and connect with NRFA on any of its social media channels and read about our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy:
Instagram @nortonrosefulbright and @nortonrosefulbrightstudents
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Ashurst Perkins Coie
"Diverse teams and an inclusive working environment deliver a significant range of benefits."
At Ashurst Perkins Coie, 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 Perkins Coie 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 Perkins Coie on any of our social media channels.
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Mallesons
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.
At Mallesons, we know that addressing inequity is complex and requires action across multiple areas to drive deliver sustainable structural and system reform. We take an intersectional approach to diversity and inclusion, recognising that people may experience overlapping forms of advantage and discrimination, and embedding this lens across our programs and initiatives.
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 Mallesons through:
“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.”
– The Honourable Justice Yehia, DWL Board Member and past Chair (2019-2022)
Bronze Sponsor
At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, 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.
Connect with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: