Emerging Writers Programme

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Emerging Writers Programme

Congratulations to Tilly Rubens, a writer and sub-editor for Legal Women, who has been chosen as one of the ten writers in the non-fiction category for the Genesis Jewish Book Week Emerging Writers’ Programme. Emerging Writers Selected For Genesis Jewish Book Week Programme – Genesis Foundation.

Tilly’s project will be to research and write about the lives and legacies of four young legal graduates who took on the establishment to allow women to become lawyers in the early 20th Century in the landmark case of The Law Society v Bebb (1913).

Gwyneth Bebb, Karin Costello, Maud Croft and Lucy Nettlefold were four pioneering women whose bravery in taking this case promoted great publicity and eventually led to legislation allowing women to become lawyers. They are sometimes referred to as the Bebb Quartet. Bebb Quartet | legalwomen.org.uk.

Tilly has written extensively on promoting diversity in the legal profession, access to justice and the history of the early women lawyers. This programme’s support includes a bursary, mentorship from a leading writer and peer support sessions over the duration of the ten-month programme. Tilly will be mentored by Anne Sebba, a leading historian who has written significant biographies about women, including her most recent best-seller: Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba | Goodreads.

We wish Tilly every success with the programme and future publication. ■