September 13, 2022
Support for both men and women wanting to have a family while working at the Bar has greatly improved over the years, according to Justice Ruth McColl of the NSW Court of Appeal.
September 02, 2022
According to this article by Felicity Nelson published in Lawyers Weekly on 26 October 2015, a new report by the Law Society of South Australia has revealed that female lawyers earn substantially less than male lawyers with the same level of experience.
August 31, 2022
According to this article by Felicity Nelson which appeared in Lawyers Weekly on 7 August 2015, Harmers, a three office workplace firm, has put into place a flexible work policy that has seen the majority of its senior management and board members working part-time.
August 20, 2022
According to this article by Lara Bullock which appeared in Lawyers Weekly on 22 March 2016, in mid March 2016 the Women Lawyers Association of NSW held an event to acknowledge the 14 female judicial appointments
August 19, 2022
AWL has been approached by a Univeristy of Queensland Psychology student who is involved in a study into the perceptions of family friendly policies in the workplace.
August 19, 2022
This article by Felicity Nelson was published in Lawyers Weekly on 23 March 2016. Ms Nelson reports that after 10 years of sharing front-facing legal roles, senior legal counsel Deanna Chan and Ana Simurina are challenging perceptions by working full-time jobs as a team.
August 17, 2022
This article by Lara Bullock which appeared in Lawyers Weekly on 22 February 2016 suggests that if the legal industry wants to achieve true diversity, it must stop asking questions that assume gender roles.
August 16, 2022
According to this articel by Felicity Nelson which appeared in Lawyers Weekly on 8 March 2016, the Governor of Victoria has recognised the contributions of regional women lawyers in the lead-up to International Women’s Day.
August 05, 2022
There were a number of very interesting and relevant article on Radio National Sunday Extra on 8 March 2015
August 03, 2022
According to this article by Stephanie Peating which appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald on 2 September 2015, the gender pay gap will continue to widen if the government’s changes to paid parental leave are passed by the Senate.
August 02, 2022
The New South Wales government has appointed the State’s first woman Attorney General, Gabrielle Upton, and Queensland has appointed as its Attorney General, Yvette D’Ath.
July 22, 2022
On 10 March 2015 the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT held a mentors breakfast in celebration of International Women’s Day. In April, they will be holding an event to further the issues identified in the NARS report.
July 19, 2022
Issue 4 of Women Lawyers of Queensland’s journal, Inspire, published 23 February 2015, is available on line at http://wlaq.com.au/2015-2/news-article/inspire-issue-4/. It includes articles about feminism’s PR problem, getting organised, wellbeing and book reviews.
July 08, 2022
On Monday night, 9 March 2015, Annabel Crabb hosted a Q&A panel comprising the Hon Julie Bishop, academics and authors Germaine Greer and Roxane Gay, Best & Less CEO Holly Kramer and Youth Without Borders founder and petrol head Yassmin Abdel-Magied.
July 07, 2022
This article appeared in the FTI Journal online in March 2015. It is largely based on work by Carol Frohlinger, founder of Negotiating Women, a consulting firm which advises women on how to rise to leadership positions, and organisations on how to recruit.
July 05, 2022
We recently added a news item about the roundtables being run by the Law Council of Australia following on from the release, one year ago, of the National Attrition and Re-engagement Study.
