June 24, 2022
On 28 April 2015, the Hon Julia Gillard will be speaking at a fundraiser breakfast to benefit the Women’s Legal Service Tasmania. The breakfast will be held at Wrest Point, Hobart and hosted by Tori Hodgman.
June 22, 2022
According to this article by Richard Ackland which appeared in The Guardian on 8 September 2015, over half of all law graduates are women
June 10, 2022
he Australian Volunteers for International Development Program is an Australian Government initiative that currently has opportunities available that may be of interest to members.
May 27, 2022
Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales recently launched its 2015 program, themed engagement, with a cocktail party that raised $1,500 for The Katrina Dawson Foundation. Recipient of the 2014 AWL Woman Lawyer Award, Professor Ros Croucher spoke at the cocktail function.
May 25, 2022
In this article which appeared in the Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association, [2015] (winter) Bar News 30, Ingmar Taylor SC, in a reprise of his seminal 2002 Bar News article, asks
May 24, 2022
Members who are interested in statistics about the legal profession may be interested in Job Outlook, an Australian Government Initiative.
May 13, 2022
The Trailblazing Women in the Law Project receives Australian Research Council funding to assist in the establishment of an online exhibition to showcase the many women who have blazed a trial into the legal profession.
May 11, 2022
This report issued by the World Bank on 9 September 2015 measures legal and regulatory barriers to women’s entrepreneurship and employment in 173 economies.
May 10, 2022
The Supreme Court of South Australia and the South Australian Bar have developed a program, the Step up to the Bar program, with the aim of increasing numbers of women at the Bar.
April 29, 2022
Women Lawyers of WA has released an executive summary of the 20th Anniversary Review – Gender Bias in the Law. The executive summary highlights some of the most important recomendations made in the report to combat gender bias and improve access to justice.
April 26, 2022
According to this article by Stefanie Garber which was publishedin Lawyers Weekly on 8 April 2015, a majority of managing partners of law firms believe that the best way to lift the numbers of women in leadership roles is to focus on retaining women lawyers
April 15, 2022
Victorian Women Lawyers has published Portia 2014. You can find Portia 2014 at http://www.vwl.asn.au. As well as reporting on events through the year and the committees’ work
April 13, 2022
Two very different articles have appeared in the media recently in relation the appointment of women judges.
April 12, 2022
According to this article contributed by Gordon Lane to Sourceable and published on 9 April 2015, a campaign to raise the profile of women architects has met with considerable resistance from members of Wilipedia’s vast network of volunteer editors.
April 01, 2022
According to this article by Stefanie Garber which appeared in Lawyers Weekly on 11 November 2015, more than 10 firms and government agencies have committed to equitable briefing targets under a new program launched by the Victorian Commercial Bar.
March 30, 2022
The Law Society of South Australia will decide whether to introduce minimum quotas for female and male representatives at its upcoming AGM.
