WOMEN JUDGES, MAIDEN SPEECHES AND THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

On Tuesday 2 June 2015, in anticipation of the High Court welcome ceremoney for the Hon Justoce Michelle Gordon, Annita Baraud (ABC Radio National Law Report) interviewed Heather Roberts, a lecturere at ANU’s College of Law, about her research into the differences betweent he welcome speeches for male and female judges.

The audio and transcript of the interview are available at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/judges27-maiden-speeches/6514800#transcript. At the foot of that page, there are links to some of Heather Roberts articles and research on the subject