QLS Excellence in Law Awards

Our awards shine a light on the exemplary efforts of Queensland’s legal professionals—highlighting good law, good lawyers, for the public good. They provide the opportunity for outstanding solicitors, teams and organisations to showcase their ingenuity and contribution to both the legal profession and the broader community.

Nominations for the 2025 awards open in April

2024 Award Categories

Detailed below are the 2024 Award Categories. To view more information on each individual category and the nomination requirements of the award, select the award category from the below list:

• Access to Justice Award
• Agnes McWhinney Award
• Emerging Leader Award
• Employer of Choice Award
• First Nations Solicitor of the Year Award
• First Nations Student Award
• Graduate Lawyer of the Year
• In-house Counsel of the Year
• Pride in Law Award
• Pro Bono Team of the Year
• Queensland Solicitor of the Year (Sole Practitioner)
• Queensland Solicitor of the Year (Small Firm: 2-19 PCs)
• Queensland Solicitor of the Year (Large Firm: 20+ PCs)
• Regional Practitioner of the Year Award

Our 2024 Partners

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our 2024 Partners for their support. Without them the QLS Excellence in Law Awards wouldn’t be possible.

Award partners

Event partners

Interested in seeing how you could be a part of the 2025 QLS Excellence in Law Awards or Gala? 

The 2024 QLS Excellence in Law Awards Gala provided incredible opportunities for our partners. Contact sponsorship@qls.com.au for more information on 2025's campaign today!

Attracted over 400 Solicitors across the state

Watched by over 6000 solicitors across QLS social media platforms

Over 35 dedicated branding opportunities to Partners in eDMs, web, printed collateral, social media and more

Created premium brand alignment opportunities

Garnered over 4,500 unique page views for our Partners

Marketed to a Membership base of over 15,000

2023 QLS Excellence in Law Awards 

The 2023 QLS Excellence in Law Awards were presented on 5 August at the QLS Excellence in Law Awards Gala in Brisbane City Hall.

The Gala welcomed solicitors from all over Queensland as we celebrated across 12 award categories.

2023 Winners

Highlight reel.

2023 Award Partner Highlights Reel

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