Celebrating legal services across Leeds
President, Philip Jordan
invites you to join us at the main social event in the Leeds Law Society calendar
Venue: The Queens Hotel, Leeds
Date: Thursday, 8 March 2012
Time: 7pm - Midnight
Dress: Black Tie
Price: £55 +VAT
Ticket price includes:
- Pre-dinner cocktail
- Four course dinner with wine and port VIEW MENU
- Entertainment from hilarious guest speaker: Mr Robbie Glen, former Prison Governor
This event is kindly sponsored by Mercedes, Mills and Reeve, AON, Ward Hadaway, Wesleyan for Lawyers and Anakin Seal
NEW FOR 2012 - THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD
for "Outstanding contribution to the Leeds legal profession for 2011/12"
Nominations are being taken until Friday, 17 February 2012.
The award will be presented at the dinner. Email us with your nominations: info@leedslawsociety.org.uk
FEATURED AT THIS YEAR'S EVENT: -
MR ROBBIE GLEN, hilarious after-dinner speaker and former prison governor.
Robbie tells us he has served several prison sentences as Governor of Castle Huntly Young Offenders Institution, Dungavel Prison where he was Deputy and Acting Governor and Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow. He had the pleasure of being Governor of Cornton Vale, which is Scotland’s only female establishment. He finally retired from the Scottish Prison Service in 1996.Robbie is married with 2 daughters, the younger of whom is profoundly handicapped. Robbie developed a walking aid for her with his staff and prisoners in 1981 and it is now being used in 41 hospitals and schools in Scotland to teach disabled children how to walk.
In his youth he played junior football professionally but his career was cut short tragically at an early age due to lack of ability. He still holds the Lanarkshire Schoolboy 440 yards record, because it’s now gone metric!He is renowned as being one of the best after dinner speakers on the circuit, bringing his charisma, warmth and energy to every event. Robbie is also said to be one of the country’s finest motivational speakers and as he says “if you have 650 staff and 1200 inmates, none of whom really want to be there – you can manage anything!!”
ALSO FEATURED:-
THE KENDAL STRING QUARTET - Founded in 1990, The Kendal String Quartet takes its name from Kendal Lane in Leeds where the quartet held its first rehearsals.
