#InPictures: Law Society of Northern Ireland welcomes 130 new solicitors
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The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed 130 new solicitors to the profession at its largest-ever admission ceremony, which drew over 500 attendees.
The newly-admitted solicitors were joined by their masters, family and friends for the special event at the Assembly Buildings in Belfast city centre on Friday 21 February 2025.
Keeping with tradition, the registrar of solicitors, David A. Lavery CB, presented the newly-admitted solicitors to the Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan, and Law Society president Colin Mitchell.
After the ceremony, the Lady Chief Justice and the president presented the Solicitors Accounts Prize, for achieving first place in the Society’s Solicitors Accounts Course, to Christopher Swann.
Pictured: Christopher Swann (centre) with the Lady Chief Justice, Dame Siobhan Keegan, and the Law Society of Northern Ireland's president, Colin Mitchell.
In addition to those who qualified under the Society’s training programme, the ceremony also welcomed, for the first time, those solicitors admitted under reciprocal arrangements.
There were 10 solicitors at this year’s ceremony who were previously admitted in England and Wales or south of the border.
Commenting afterwards, Mr Mitchell said:
“The Society’s annual admission ceremony marks a pivotal moment for each newly admitted solicitor and the exceptional turnout today only highlights the pride and honour that our next generation of solicitors have in being admitted as members of the solicitor profession in Northern Ireland, providing vital legal services and access to justice for their clients and the people in their community.”
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