A solicitor who is set to become the first Asian and  Muslim president of the Law Society of England and Wales is due to visit Bradford.

Lubna Shuja will be speaking at a special three-course dinner event at the Midland Hotel Princes Ballroom on Friday 21 October.

'An Audience with Lubna Shuja' is being hosted by Nasreen Karim founder and partner at Bradford based Platinum Partnership Solicitors and will be attended by judges, solicitors and leading businesses.

Nasreen said: "We are delighted to be welcoming Lubna to Bradford. She is truly an inspirational figure and our audience will be keen to hear of her journey and her aspirations for the future."

Bradford born Lubna said: "At school, being a lawyer was never something I thought about. I didn't know any lawyers and did not think someone, from a working-class background like me, could have any chance of a legal career.

"I managed to get decent A-level grades and a school friend then suggested I should do a Law degree as it would offer good career options. I could hardly contain my excitement when I managed to get a place at university studying Law."

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Next week, Lubna will become only the seventh female president of the Law Society.

She qualified as a solicitor in 1992 and is presently a sole practitioner at Legal Swan Solicitors in Birmingham, a firm she set up in 2007. Prior to 2007, Lubna worked in a high street firm in West Yorkshire for 14 years undertaking litigation and personal injury work.

Lubna has been a member of the Law Society Council since 2013 representing the interests of sole practitioners and is a member of the Law Society Board, the chair of the Strategic Litigation Group and a member of the Conduct committee.

Tickets to the 'An Audience with Lubna Shuja' are being being allocated on a first come first serve basis. For more information click here