AWL Award
The Australian Women Lawyers Award (AWL Award) recognises women who have provided long term leadership and commitment in the support and advancement of women in the legal profession.
The founder of the AWL Award is the former Patron of Australian Women Lawyers the former Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia the Hon. Diana Bryant AO QC who established the Award to recognise the long term contribution that women have made to the profession through non-traditional pathways and in supporting the development of women practitioners.
The Award was first conferred at AWL’s forth National Conference held in Canberra in 2012.
Nominations for the AWL Award are open every two years and the recipient is announced at AWL’s bienniel national conference Gala Dinner.
The award was not conveyed at the 2020 online conference due to the pandemic.
2024 AWL Award Recipient – Fleur Kingham
Previous Winners:
2012 – Elizabeth Heenan (WA)
2014 – Rosalind Croucher (NSW)
2016 – Hon Dr Robyn Layton AO QC (SA)
2018 – Fiona McLeod SC (Vic)
2022 – Kate Eastman (NSW)
2024 – Fleur Kingham (Qld)
Fleur Kingham was the winner of the 2024 AWL Award.
Fleur has been involved in countless initiatives to support women such as co-founding the Queensland Women’s Legal Service, mentoring women lawyers at all stages, supporting women judges in Australia and internationally through leadership of the Australian Association of Women Judges and undertaking countless hours of pro bono services, and committee and advocacy work on state and national gender equality initiatives. Fleur continues her work in justice and law reform for all, in her role as Chair of the Law Reform Commission (Queensland). We are justly proud and delighted to celebrate Fleur Kingham.
The 2024 AWL Award was generously sponsored by AGS.
