women in law

Forty two per cent of new law firm partners in 2018 are female, according to a survey of law firms by the Australian Financial Review that’s been published today.

Julia Banks’s quitting the Liberal party & Sarah Hanson-Young facing more sexist innuendo in the senate just confirms Australia’s women-problem.

The Bar Association of Queensland has elected its first female president in its 115-year history, with Rebecca Treston QC to step into the role.

After fleeing Kabul with her family Mariam Veiszadeh went to India, the Czech Republic & Germany before being granted asylum as refugees in Australia.

Two Australian female lawyers from firm, White & Case recently travelled to Bhutan to train local District Court Judges in environmental law.

Corrs Chambers Westgarth will pay superannuation during paid and unpaid parental leave, while offering all staff an extra week’s annual leave.

A new documentary, Seeing Allred, tells the inspirational story of famed US attorney & “foot soldier” of the feminist movement, Gloria Allred.

The day i was slapped at work by a male colleague. Australian lawyer Jacqui Brauman speaks about a workplace incident that left her conflicted.

How to respond to sexism at work and propel yourself forward. Lawyer Michelle Chadburn encounters sexist attitudes often & this is her response.

From human rights lawyer to entrepreneur: How I changed career paths. Marissa Sandler left law to start Careseekers, an online platform to connect carers.

The job-sharing arrangement between Jane Wright and Lauren Barel was going so well at Herbert Smith Freehills that the two thought they could take it all the way to the partnership.

Baker & McKenzie national managing partner Chris Freeland knows that when it comes to women in leadership, the legal profession has a lot of work to do.