Nominations for the Sheffield and District Law Society Awards 2023, are now open!
Nominations for the Sheffield and District Law Society Awards 2023, are now open!
Sheffield & District Law Society will be awarding the best and brightest again this year!
Members of the Society will put forward their nominations and these will then be voted on by a panel of judges who are unconnected to the awards.
This will be a celebration of Sheffield and its districts, brightest and best lawyers, and their achievements over the past year.
Don’t miss out on your chance to put forward your nominations
HOW TO ENTER
•Ensure you are a member of the Sheffield & District
Law Society.
•Read the full list of categories for awards and decide which
award you would like to nominate for. You can enter as many
awards as you would like.
•Submit relevant information according to the criteria (please
see each individual award as the criteria differs for each one).
• Written entries should be between 250 and 1,000 words.
Anything submitted below or above these thresholds will not
be considered.
•Ensure your award is submitted by Tuesday 10th January 2023 at 5pm for last entry
•Ensure your award is sent to Elizabeth@sheffieldlawsociety.co.uk
Award Categories include:
Residential Property – Team or Individual of the Year
Commercial Property – Team or Individual of the Year
Employment – Team or Individual of the Year
Private Client – Team or Individual of the Year
Family Law – Team or Individual of the Year
Crime – Team or Individual of the Year
Corporate & Commercial – Team or Individual of the Year
Niche Law Firm of the Year
PI/Clinical Negligence – Team or Individual of the Year
Partner of the Year
Legal Aid – Team or Individual of the Year
Rising Star of the Year
Click on the links below to find out more on how to enter the awards!
Awards dinner 2023 entry pack
Awards application form 2023
WHY APPLY?
No matter what the size of your firm you can enter our annual legal awards.
Here are five reasons why simply entering an award could be good for your firm and staff.
1. Marketing
Just being shortlisted can improve brand awareness and promote your business to new clients. Make sure you maximise PR exposure and update your marketing materials with the award logo including business cards, website, literature, email and sales material. Awards celebrate hard work and success and are great PR opportunities. It’s fantastic to be recognised so it’s important to make sure that people know what your business has achieved.
2. Benchmarking
The application process for entering a business award can often force you to look at your business from a different perspective and compare yourself to your competitors. You’ll need to make sure that you stand out from the competition whether that’s through innovation, diversity, growth, customer service, investment in people and strategic thinking.
3. Increased credibility
A business award win, short-listing or nomination can act as a 3rd party endorsement for your business.
4. Employee motivation
Awards recognise the hard work and achievements of your employees so winning one can help boost staff morale and improve motivation. Employees are focused on what’s great about the company they work for and can feel proud to be a part of it. This can be maximised by making sure staff feel they get the recognition they deserve. You can also invite your staff to the awards ceremony dinner which can yield networking opportunities as well as being a great night out!
5. Attract talent
Business awards validate your hiring stature among new recruits. By pitching yourself as the best you can attract the talent you need to push your business forward. Increased employee morale will also help attract and retain new recruits.
Rules and Guidelines
How to nominate
Please outline, in no more than 1,000 words, specific achievements relating to the nominee’s career, paying particular attention to the category criteria (CVs will not be accepted). Nominees are judged by their achievements in the category for which they have been nominated.
For all awards, achievements outside of the category will be taken into account, including non-legal work, contributions to the community and pro-bono work.
Multiple entries are permitted.
You are welcome to nominate yourself to win an award.
Rules and guidelines
The decision of the judging panel is at its absolute discretion and is final. There is no right of appeal against any decision.
The judging panel will not be able to provide any feedback at any stage of the judging process. In judging, they will use their skill and judgment, considering information that is put to them in the nomination form and supporting documentation, and their knowledge and experience of the legal profession and of the wider community.
Nominations will not be accepted that are more than 1,000 words. Appendices and any other additional materials will not be accepted. The presentations to all finalists in each category will take place at the awards dinner on 17th February 2023
All finalists will be invited to attend (at their own cost) and will be given priority ticket allocation.
Closing date for nominations is Tuesday 10th January 2023. All nominees will be notified whether they are through to the final by 31st January 2023. Please could all nominators and nominees ensure that the date of the awards is in their diaries.
All nominations are treated as entirely confidential.
Judge appointment process
The panel is carefully selected to ensure the selection process is fair and objective and includes experts from across the industry. The judges are bound by a strict confidentiality agreement and are required to declare any conflict of interest in entries over which they deliberate and to stand aside from deliberations concerning those entries.
Judges give their time for free to judge the awards.
Headline Sponsors
The 2023 Yorkshire Law Banquet & Awards is in partnership with Cancer Research UK
Sponsors of Rising Star Award – The University of Law
