BLOG: Sam Hillas on being shortlisted Liverpool Law Society's Barrister of the Year

By Ben Schofield on Jun 4, 09 10:45 AM

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HOW EXCITING! As all you devotees of LDP Legal Week will already know, Liverpool Law Society has kindly shortlisted me for the Barrister of the Year award, the winner of which is to be announced at their very posh do at the Crowne Plaza later this month.

As one of only two to be shortlisted from the (presumably) hundreds nominated (perhaps a slight exaggeration, I accept), the Hillas-Meehan household has now been thrown into a heightened state of turmoil/excitement/excruciating self-assessment.

On the plus side, should I win, I will be Liverpool Law Society's Barrister of the Year (hurrah).

The fantastic news does, however, bring some downsides, not least that my fellow shortlist-ee (congratulations also to Paul Burns) would appear to be exceptionally bright, popular and well-known in his field.

Not that I've googled him or anything. Of course not. That would be weird.

The other downsides of course are that I now have to lose a few stone and try my best to find THAT dress Angelina Jolie wore on the Cannes red carpet (long, nude chiffon sheath with extra long split at the front).

And wouldn't you know it, George at Asda are all out. That may not be a bad thing as nude really isn't my colour at all.

But seriously simply to be shortlisted is a huge honour and thanks must go to the kind solicitors who nominated me.

It is a fact of human nature, I think, to be secretly delighted when praise and recognition comes our way, however much we try to hide our respective lights under bushels.

I'm no exception (although there are those who will no doubt comment that I have never tried to hide my light under any bushel) and I am hugely thrilled to be shortlisted.

Not so thrilled about the photograph of me in Legal Week on Tuesday (in which I look totally and gurningly insane) but a girl cannot have it all.

On that note, I will have to cut the blog short this week. A million things to do (research fat-busting diets/find Angelina's dress/practice happy face in the event I don't win) and only three weeks to go.

Wish me luck!!