First 100 Years

First 100 Years is a campaign owned and managed by Spark21, a charity registered in England & Wales, set up to celebrate the centenary of women being able to join the legal profession in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a result of Parliament passing the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act in 1919.

The campaign was initiated by Obelisk Legal Support Solutions, in partnership with The Law Society and the Bar Council[1] but has since received the support of all other professional organisations from the Law Society of Scotland, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the four Inns of Court. The First 100 Years is a five-year project which seeks to discover the untold stories of pioneering and inspiring women in the legal profession to create a strong and equal future for all those in the legal profession.[2] The project was officially launched in March 2015[3] and runs to 2020, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919[4] and culminating in the donation of the original material collected and created by the project over its lifetime to the LSE Women's Library in 2020. The project has been the public focal point of the centenary celebrations.[5]

  1. ^ "First 100 Years Project". First 100 Years. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. ^ "First 100 Years". 12 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ Manglani, Manju (13 March 2015). "The future of gender equality in the legal profession". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  4. ^ Clixby, Francesca (10 July 2014). "Innovative video history project highlights stories of women in the legal profession". Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  5. ^ September 2019, Eduardo Reyes30. "Make me a match". Law Gazette. Retrieved 2019-10-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)