Events
AWL generally holds two types of events, our biennial conference and birthday celebrations. Our constituent bodies hold more frequent and local events in each jurisdiction and AWL focusses on our policy work in between our events.
EARLY BIRD tICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2027 nATIONAL cONFERENCE IN MELBOURNE
Bringing together women from across the legal profession to connect, exchange ideas and look to the future.
The 2027 National Conference will be hosted in Melbourne from 30 April to 1 May 2027, with the full program, speakers and registration details to be announced.
Early bird tickets are now on sale exclusively to members of AWL’s constituent bodies
Australian Women Lawyers Conference
Securing a safe, just, and equitable future for women
BRISBANE, AUGUST 5-7, 2022
AWL 2022 was our first in-person event (four events over three days) in four years and was a hybrid of in-person (sold-out) and online, with live streaming sessions in a few places across the country.
Speakers included The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC Chief Justice Bowskill, Chief Justice of Queensland Supreme Court, Hon Mark Dreyfus QC, MP, Attorney-General, Commonwealth of Australia, The Honourable Former Chief Justice Diana Bryant AO QC, President Fleur Kingham, Land Court of Queensland, and the President of the Australian Association of Women Judges, Ms Sadia Azizi, Ms Zahra Aria, Professor Gabrielle Appleby, Ms Prabha Nandagopal, Jane Needham SC, Dr Kylie Weston-Scheuber, Ms Anne-Maree Coyne, Ms Lesley Chan, Jane Caro, Fiona McLeod SC, Professor Megan Davis (accompanied by her sister and also the Uluru Statement from the Heart), Ann-Maree David and Terry Fitzimmons.
Organisers and chairs were President Leah Marrone, Treasurer Astrid Haban-Beer, Secretary Jamie Shine, and Vice President Holly Lam. Steph Tisdell was excellent as guest speaker for the dinner, and we were honoured to award the AWL Award to Kate Eastman SC at the dinner also.
The 2022 Conference is now over. Please view our Gallery page for a glance into the conference. Additional photos can also be found on our Facebook page here.
If you missed the conference, we have made the sessions and key links available here:
