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107 awards, one unforgettable day

Every story deserves its moment

For the founders, leaders, pioneers, creators and teams who make Legal Excellence Awards what it is. Find the award that tells their story, or yours.

Whose story is it?

Somewhere, someone has been quietly brilliant

You know who they are. A colleague, a business down the road, a team that never gets the credit, or perhaps it is you. Find their story below, and the award that was made for it.

Breaking new ground

61 awards

The innovators changing how things are done: new ideas, new technology, new ways of working that others now follow.

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Excellence in their field

29 awards

The specialists, the teams and the businesses who do what they do better than anyone, and whose customers and community feel it.

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Every award, in full

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Who Takes Part

The Whole Ecosystem, Recognised

Every business and professional that makes law and legal services work.

The Legal Excellence Awards are open to the businesses, teams and individuals below, including but not limited to them. If you contribute to law and legal services in any way, there is a category for you.

Law Firms

  • Independent and high street firms
  • Regional and national firms
  • Boutique and specialist firms
  • New, ABS and consultancy model firms

The Bar

  • Chambers
  • Barristers and King's Counsel
  • Barristers' clerks
  • Chambers practice managers

In-House & Government Legal

  • General counsel and heads of legal
  • In-house legal teams
  • Legal operations teams
  • Compliance and risk professionals

Disputes & Litigation

  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Personal injury and clinical negligence
  • Mediators and arbitrators
  • Costs lawyers

Corporate, Commercial & Finance

  • Corporate and commercial
  • Banking and finance
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Intellectual property and technology

Property & Construction Law

  • Residential and commercial property
  • Conveyancing practices
  • Construction and infrastructure
  • Planning and environment

People & Private Client

  • Family law
  • Employment law
  • Private client, wills and probate
  • Will writing and estate planning

Crime, Rights & Public Law

  • Criminal defence
  • Immigration
  • Public law and human rights
  • Regulatory and compliance

Access to Justice

  • Legal aid practices and lawyers
  • Law centres and advice charities
  • Pro bono teams
  • Social mobility programmes

Legal Professionals

  • Solicitors, partners and associates
  • Chartered legal executives and paralegals
  • Trainees and apprentices
  • Legal secretaries and support staff

LegalTech & Innovation

  • Legal technology companies
  • LegalTech startups
  • eDiscovery and litigation support
  • Online legal services

Legal Business Services

  • Legal recruitment agencies
  • Law firm consultancies and accountants
  • Legal marketing and PR agencies
  • Alternative legal services providers

Finance, Insurance & Experts

  • Litigation funders
  • Legal expenses and indemnity insurers
  • Expert witnesses
  • Process servers, transcription and translation

Education & Media

  • Law schools and universities
  • SQE and CPD training providers
  • Legal publishers and media
  • Mentors and educators
Think of someone

Most people are never told how much their work matters

A nomination is how you tell them. It is free, it takes about two minutes, and it could be the moment they finally see themselves the way everyone else does.

“The founder who risked everything and made it work.”Nominate
“The manager who kept everyone together through the hardest year.”Nominate
“The colleague who never asks for credit, and deserves it most.”Nominate
“The team that goes the extra mile for every customer, every time.”Nominate

Their name is read out. The room rises. Everything they gave, everyone who doubted, every late night, all in one moment of applause.

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