News and Events
We are delighted to announce that the BB&O Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday 22nd November 2024 at the beautiful Easthampstead Park Hotel, Wokingham.
In order to secure your ticket, please click here, or use the ‘Buy Tickets’ button below and complete the registration process. The team will then send you an invoice and more details of the event.
Dress Code and Theme
Our awards dinner this year carries the theme ‘Masked Bollywood Ball!’
Although dressing to the theme is encouraged, it’s not mandatory. The dress code if you’re not considering Bollywood is black tie.
The Awards
The Legal Excellence Awards celebrate some of the most outstanding talent and achievements in the legal profession in our three counties.
Do you know a member of BB&O whose work this year is worthy of special recognition? Consider nominating them for an award.
The categories for the awards are:
- Law Firm of the Year Award 2024
- Lawyer of the Year Award 2024
- Junior Lawyer of the Year Award 2024
- Rising Star Award 2024
- Support Team of the Year Award 2024
- Outstanding Contribution in Legal Support Award 2024
- Business Development Manager of the Year Award 2024
- Pro Bono / Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2024
- Edward Pilling Award 2024
BBO Awards Criteria Rules 2024
BBO Awards Nomination Form 2024
Buy 2024 Awards Dinner Tickets
We are currently planning events and social activities for 2024, which are likely to include the reintroduction of our monthly training sessions. However, these will now regularly be presented as webinars rather than in person seminars.
If there are particular speakers or topics on which you would like to see us present training, please email your ideas to admin@bbolawsoc.org.uk.
We already have a close association with the University of Law in Reading. Over the next year or so, we will also be looking to re-forge our links with Oxford Brookes University, the University of Oxford, Reading University and other educational institutions in our constituency, to enable law students and law graduates to engage with us and in time make a smooth transition from the BB&O Junior Lawyer Division to this Society. This will include members of the Society getting involved in local careers fairs and participating in events such as the University of Law’s “Legal Skills Triathlon”.
OUR LEGAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
2023 ANNUAL DINNER AND LEGAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY
The BB&O Law Society Annual Dinner was held on 13th October 2023 at the Castle Hotel in Windsor.
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The Legal Excellence Awards celebrate some of the most outstanding talent and achievements in the legal profession in our three counties. The annual dinner and awards ceremony offers the opportunity to recognise and showcase the work and diversity of our profession in Berks, Bucks & Oxon, both in terms of the people involved and the work they undertake.
The categories for the awards are:
• Lawyer of the Year
• Junior Lawyer of the Year
• Pro Bono / Corporate Social Responsibility Award
• Solicitor-Advocate of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year
• Edward Pilling Award
2022 ANNUAL DINNER AND LEGAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS CEREMONY
The BB&O Law Society Annual Dinner was held in Oxford on Friday 14 October 2022 where we celebrated and recognised the achievements of those in the legal profession.
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This year our Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony was held at the prestigious Ashmolean Museum in Oxford on Friday 14 October 2022, with renowned guest speaker David Alexander QC, Joint Head of Chambers at South Square.
One of our core aims is to promote legal excellence throughout our constituency. As part of that, our annual Legal Excellence Awards give individuals and legal teams the chance to highlight their business, their skill and their community contribution. They also give us the chance to celebrate the hard work and inspirational achievements across the legal profession in our region.
The Legal Excellence Awards celebrate some of the most outstanding talent and achievements in the legal profession in our three counties. The annual dinner and awards ceremony offers the opportunity to recognise and showcase the work and diversity of our profession in Berks, Bucks & Oxon, both in terms of the people involved and the work they undertake.
The categories for the awards are:
• Lawyer of the Year
• Junior Lawyer of the Year
• Pro Bono / Corporate Social Responsibility Award
• Solicitor-Advocate of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year
• Edward Pilling Award (a new award to be given to an outstanding sole practitioner)
Past Annual Dinners and Awards
One of our core aims is to promote legal excellence throughout our constituency. As part of that, our annual Legal Excellence Awards give individuals and legal teams the chance to highlight their business, their skill and their community contribution. They also give us the chance to celebrate the hard work and inspirational achievements across the legal profession in our region.
The awards were open to individuals and practices across all levels of the legal spectrum who are practising in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon areas. At the Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony, winners of the awards receive a trophy and a certificate.
The awards attract widespread media coverage, giving us the opportunity to showcase the very best of our region’s legal talent.