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Sally Penni

High profile award winning Barrister.
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Gender: Female
Languages: English
Travels from: United Kingdom

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  • Dr. Sally Penni MBE is one of the few disrupters in law. A highly energetic speaker. She is a leader and thought leader passionate about diversity. Leading on crucial issues in law and tech. Sally is also an author, Tedx talker and an award winning lawyer. Awarded MBE in 2020 and Hon Doctorate from Manchester university.

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About Sally Penni

Outside of this role Dr. Sally Penni MBE is also a Public Speaker, Leader, Radio Broadcaster & Contributor, Diversity Leader, Patron and Board Member and most importantly a Proud Mother of three.

She leads on, champions and supports a wide range of diversity related initiatives and projects. This is done as voluntary work across a number of diversity strands (such as gender, ethnicity and social background & well being at the Bar.)

Regularly speaking and spearheading change on this important issues at various forums and conferences including at the House of Lords.

She is passionate in her support for Women in Business and leadership and has written about diversity and related issues. Believing in the need to start early she provides free, inspirational talks to thousands of school children and university students annually as well as leadership mentoring & coaching to students and young professionals in her spare time.

Sally is school governor and believes everyone should have the opportunity of a solid, rounded education, also actively sponsoring development opportunities for her mentees whenever she can.

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Talking Law: A Women in the Law UK Book

Talking Law: A Women in the Law UK Book

A book from Women in the Law UK.From the back cover: In this book, Sally Penni reviews the 100 years that have passed since the Sex Disqualification Removal Act 1919. She examines the past, celebrates the present and takes a long look at the challenges still facing women in the legal profession. Talking Law offers wellbeing and career advice in a series of interviews that Sally has conducted with woman and men who are working in the legal profession a hundred years after 1919.Sally offers a snapshot in time of how far women have come – and how far there is still to go.From a review of an early edition: “This is a fascinating read for anyone working in the law. It gives a personal perspective to those working in the legal profession, many of whom have come from ‘ordinary’ backgrounds, yet have attained career success through hard work and determination. It is people like this who will inspire future generations of lawyers and make the law a much more accessible profession.” (Julia Baskerville, publisher to local law societies and the Bar)

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Talking Law: A Women in the Law UK Book

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A book from Women in the Law UK.From the back cover: In this book, Sally Penni reviews the 100 years that have passed since the Sex Disqualification Removal Act 1919. She examines the past, celebrates the present and takes a long look at the challenges still facing women in the legal profession. Talking Law offers wellbeing and career advice in a series of interviews that Sally has conducted with woman and men who are working in the legal profession a hundred years after 1919.Sally offers a snapshot in time of how far women have come - and how far there is still to go.From a review of an early edition: "This is a fascinating read for anyone working in the law. It gives a personal perspective to those working in the legal profession, many of whom have come from 'ordinary' backgrounds, yet have attained career success through hard work and determination. It is people like this who will inspire future generations of lawyers and make the law a much more accessible profession." (Julia Baskerville, publisher to local law societies and the Bar)
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