Manchester Legal Awards open for entries

  • 26/01/2026

We are so excited that the Manchester Legal Awards are back!

This year’s ceremony will be held at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel after we had such a wonderful time at the 2025 event.

This will be our 17th Manchester Legal Awards and we can’t wait to see the wonderful things our legal community have achieved over the last year.

Entries are now open and the other key dates to mark in your diary are:

  • 20 March: Entries close
  • 5 May: Shortlist announced
  • 12 June: Judging Day
  • 2 July: Manchester Legal Awards Ceremony
  • 3 July: Book the day off for recovery!

We have 23 awards to enter this year and you can check out the full list here.

As always you don’t need to be a member of Manchester Law Society to enter and all entries are free of charge.

Every entry is read and marked by a panel of judges and those with the highest marks are added to the shortlist.

All shortlisted entries are interviewed by our judges on Judging Day 12th June when the winner for each category is selected.

If you’re interested in supporting the event through sponsorship make sure you check out our sponsorship packages here or email Fran to see what is still available.

If you’d like to read more about the history of the Manchester Legal Awards see this interview with Fran from our media partner TheBusinessDesk.com