{"id":9004111222143763,"date":"2026-04-29T15:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hgf.com\/?p=9004111222143763"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:39:12","slug":"the-women-and-diversity-in-law-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hgf.com\/de\/knowledge-hub\/news-1\/the-women-and-diversity-in-law-awards-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Women and Diversity in Law Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"325\">HGF is proud to have been highly commended in the <em data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"270\">Diversity and Inclusion Initiative or Programme of the Year \u2013 Firm Focused<\/em> category at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Women &amp; Diversity in Law Awards 2026<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"327\" data-end=\"638\">The awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of legal professionals, organisations and teams across the UK that are driving meaningful progress in diversity, equity and inclusion. 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