Become A Member
Welcome to your gateway for professional growth. As a member, you’ll connect with a diverse group of legal professionals. Explore a wealth of resources, join events, and engage with peers to elevate your practice.
Membership Tiers
Choose Your Plan
Explore our membership options to find the best fit for your professional needs.
- Individual Membership
- Corporate Membership
Westminster and Holborn Law Society is always open to new members and we would be delighted to have you join our community.
- Practising Solicitor or Barrister / Associate member £40
- Non-working / Retired solicitor or barrister £20
- Maternity leave, shared parental leave or adoption leave £20
- Trainee Solicitor or pupil £15
- Student £10
Full Member – £40
Solicitor currently or formerly practising or residing in the London postal areas of EC1-4, WC1-2, W1-2, W8-11, W14, SW1, SW3, SW5-7, SW10, NW1, NW3, NW5, NW8, SE1
Not-for-Profit/Non-Working/Retired Solicitor in the above London postal areas – £20.
Associate Member* – £40
Solicitor not currently or formerly practising or residing inside the above London postal areas
Barrister (Practising or Non-Practising)
Other Legal Professional (i.e. Judiciary, CILEx, Academic)
*Associate Members enjoy the same rights as Full Members but are not entitled to vote at General Meetings of the Society.
Maternity Leave – £20
Membership for those on maternity leave, shared parental leave or adoption leave at time of renewal (or when taking out a new membership) will, as of February 2023, be £20.
Paralegal Member – £15
Trainee Solicitor Member – £15
Includes those working under a training contract or period of recognized training or solicitor
apprenticeship.
Student Member – £10
Those who at the time of joining the Society study on a Qualifying Law Degree, Graduate Diploma in
Law, Legal Practice Course, Bar Professional Training Course or Solicitor Qualifying Exam.
Corporate Membership
For more information and to discuss possible discounts, please contact cwhlawsoc@gmail.com
To join please either download our Membership Form or Join Online (coming soon). Please read our privacy notice here.
Once completed, please email the signed membership form to cwhlawsoc@gmail.com and follow the payment instructions on the form.
Why Join?
- Be part of a welcoming, diverse, and vibrant law society with links to, and events with, regional and international legal organisations, including membership in the Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe.
- We are twinned with the Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, Palermo, Krakow and Cluj-Napoca bar associations, among others. We also have long standing informal associations with other respected legal organisations internationally.
- Numerous professional development and educational and networking events, including updates on important legal and practice developments.
- Free attendance for members at most Society events.
- Free subscription to the Society’s quarterly magazine, Central London Lawyer, and the opportunity to contribute articles to showcase your legal expertise and promote issues important to you.
- Promotion of members’ achievements in our magazine and through our social media.
- Welcome reception for new members.
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills through involvement in our committees.
- A Junior Lawyers’ Division, with membership open to trainee solicitors and other junior lawyers, law students, barristers, and pupils.
- Opportunity to apply for the Rising Star Award open to newly qualified solicitors, and a free ticket to the Award Ceremony.
- A voice on the national Law Society’s Council through the election of local Council members.
- Special member-only offers on selected products and services.
- Invitations to events with other Law Societies and Organisations.