We are a close-knit team of legal, public sector, and membership services professionals with personality and passion for the work of LLG; dedicated to ensuring that members are up to date, connected, and able to progress and perform to the best of their ability throughout their career.
We work with a clear purpose, with an appetite to influence positive change within local and national government agendas in the short, medium, and long term, campaigning for tangible change across the local authority legal sector. Unfazed by any obstacle, LLG works with members and their local authorities and collaborates with other organisations across the public sector, to deliver both excellent member services, wider influence, and importantly, a sustainable profession.
Deborah is responsible for driving forward the strategic ambitions of LLG, working closely with the board to design the best possible service for the lawyers who make up our membership. She assists in setting the strategy whilst leading the team to deliver the organisations goals within an agreed budget to ensure tangible value for money for local authorities. Collaborating with others across the sector, Deborah strives for local and national influence on key policy items through improved visibility and an ambitious policy and campaign agenda.
Since her appointment as LLG’s first CEO in 2018, Deborah has steered the transformation of the organisation to one with strong levels of membership engagement with a vibrant online knowledge, training and conference programme. Deborah and the talented team ensured that LLG demonstrated its value during the pandemic, producing fast-paced guidance and lobbying for policy change to ensure members could thrive. In 2021, Deborah led the launch of the first national work experience week for law students in local authorities across the country, with a plan to repeat this annually, complemented by a national graduate recruitment scheme in 2023.
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Dennis Hall – Bulletin Editor |
Ann Harlow – Head of Business Services |
Daria Dowie – Learning and Development Manager |
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Dennis is LLG’s weekly Bulletin Editor, and also for LLG’s Wales Bulletin, responsible for providing up to date and topical content for members and is also a co-presenter of the LLG Grapevine podcast and VLOG. He is a solicitor, a legal associate of the RTPI, a councillor and member of a local Standards Committee of a major local authority. Dennis has been a past Chair of LLG’s predecessors and has served the boards of a number of external public bodies. |
Ann is the Head of Business Support Services for LLG, responsible for delivering a wide range of operational services including Information Technology, Finance, overseeing the Administrative Support Team, along with organising the two LLG residential conferences, whilst delivering major projects to further LLG's strategic objectives.
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Daria is the Learning and Development Manager for LLG, seamlessly developing and delivering a programme of legal and skills training for local government lawyers, including themed one day conferences on specific legal disciplines. Daria brings her skills in all aspects of online and hybrid delivery and enjoys working with a diverse range of speakers to ensure that LLG training is high quality, relevant and accessible.
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Nylah Clarke-Mills - Executive Assistant: Regions |
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Nylah supports the strategic direction of the Regions. She is responsible for helping to create a solid and collaborative foundation within each region by regularly engaging with stakeholders, corporate partners and framework providers to forge better connections. She also collates data and organises meetings, providing administrative assistance to our regional directors. Alongside working at LLG, Nylah is currently studying the LLM SQE and hopes to work closely with local government in the future. |
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