Closing date - Friday 29th February 2008

The fourth Local Government Young Solicitor Award provides the only opportunity to recognise and celebrate the excellent and outstanding achievements of local government young solicitors.

Nominations are now sought from individuals working in Local Government with up to 10 years post qualification experience who have been innovative in making a material impact on their Local Authority's performance, been an exemplar of best practise or who have helped promote the best interests of local government lawyers.

Nominations can be made by yourself, by your manager, by a client officer or Member or anyone who recognises the important and extraordinary contribution you have made in the last year. Please nominate anyone who is eligible you think has done great work in your local authority- whether large or small!

CRITERIA

The criteria on which the judges base their decisions are that the nominee should fulfil one or more of the following:

• Be innovative
• Be making or have made a material impact on their Local Authority's performance
• Be an exemplar of Best Practise
• Promote the best interests, and help raise the profile of, Local Government Lawyers
  

Nomination Process

Please complete the attached nomination form for each entrant. Attached to the nomination form needs to be the following:

• Details about the nominee (maximum 150 words)
  Please submit a general resume of when and where the nominee qualified and the posts held since qualification or coming to the profession.
• Details of the nominee's contribution (maximum 500 words)
  Please submit a summary of why the nominee should receive the award with regard to the criteria outlined above. Examples of work done by previous winners have included responsibility for advising clients on the implementation of the Houses in Multiple Occupation licensing, advising on School PFI projects, drafting private acts of parliament, tackling anti-social behaviour, transfer of housing stock, innovative ways of saving the local authority money, or generally being a robust and meticulous lawyer who has provided a superb service to clients.
• One letter of support
  Please supply a letter of support from another individual, supervising solicitor or client who have knowledge of the nominee's work during the relevant period.
• Photograph
  Please supply a recent photograph in digital format (jpeg high resolution), for publicity purposes.

Closing Date and Awards Ceremony

The closing date for nominations is Friday 29 February 2008. The presentation ceremony will be held at the Black tie Dinner of the Solicitors in Local Government Weekend School to be held in Nottingham in 2008 (date to be confirmed).

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Closing date- Friday 29 February 2008
Please return form to:
Stephanie Nunn
The Law Society
113 Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1PL
(DX 56 LONDON /CHANCERY LANE)
Email:Stephanie.nunn@lawsociety.org.uk
Please mark the outside of the envelope (Confidential Submission)