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JOANNE SKOLNICK
JOANNE SKOLNICK
It is with great sadness that we remember the life of Joanne Skolnick who died 15 December 2024.
Joanne was very involved in many of the activities of The City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society. Most recently, she was Chair of the Membership Committee and a member of the International Committee. Her contribution was enormously appreciated.
Joanne held both an LLB and a BCL from McGill University's Faculty of Law, graduate degrees from the University of Oxford and Northwestern University, and a BA from the University of Toronto. She continued her interests and transformed her academic studies into practice by becoming an experienced International Lawyer, with qualifications as a solicitor in England and Wales, as a New York attorney and as a Canadian barrister & solicitor in Ontario, Canada.
She trained at a leading national law firm in Toronto and practised at two top ranked boutique law firms in New York City prior to becoming an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. On moving to London, she worked as a legal consultant and non-executive director skilled in risk management, strategic planning and governance.
She had advised several charities and non-profit organisations in the UK and US and was on the board of BASIC, an international security think tank. She was also active as a trustee for the RSPCA in East London.
Joanne cared deeply about empowering women and had participated in a number of roles in women's organisations over the years. Most recently, she wrote and edited material for Legal Women magazine and was part of a Steering Group member of the St. John's College, Oxford Women's Network.
We send our best wishes and condolences to her family.
