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Annual General Meeting
On 29 October 2019, the Westminster and Holborn Law Society held its Annual General Meeting. Looking back over the year, it is clear that 2019 was a very successful year for the Westminster and Holborn Law Society.
Laura Uberoi, the outgoing President, reported that approximately 30 events had taken place over the year, ranging from technical knowledge sessions to career events, along with flagship events such as the President’s New Year Event and the NQ Celebration. The society has worked on raising its profile throughout the year by holding more events and an increased active and growing social media presence, and this has been rewarded by increased membership and more engagement by our members.
Thanks were given to the Sub-Committee Chairs, particularly Arthur Weir (Law Reform) and Julian Aylmer (Professional Matters) who have both retired from their posts after many years of successful running of their committees. This year, the society has set up two new Sub-Committees (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Pro Bono), both of which have been launched very successfully due to the hard work of their Chairs, Coral Hill and Shaila Pal.
Laura also spoke about the work done by the International Sub-Committee, which has resulted in many recent requests to twin from Paris, Barcelona and Amsterdam. The International Sub-Committee has put in a lot of work to maintain these important friendships across Europe and has been successful in providing a positive and welcoming message to those who wish to work with us.
Laura praised the increased presence of the Junior Lawyers Division and the success of the new NQ Rising Star Award; engaging junior members is vital for our society and there has been a noticeable increase in junior members who wish to get involved in taking our society forward.
Finally, we were lucky enough to have Simon Davis, the President of the Law Society, attend our meeting. Simon was elected as an Honorary Member of the Society during his term of office.
Laura Uberoi has put in a phenomenal amount of work as President, and we are all very grateful for everything she has done. While we will be sad to see Laura go, I am sure that she will still be a major part of the Society moving forward.
I am very glad to welcome Carolina Marín Pedreño as the new President of Westminster and Holborn Law Society and look forward to seeing how the society will flourish under her leadership!
