Will wage transparency close the gender pay gap in law?
Whether the release of pay transparency data helps to reduce the gap in law hinges on a concerted effort to enact meaningful change.
Scales of justice still lopsided at the bar
Women barristers took home just 15 per cent of the $270 million total in briefing fees paid to Australian barristers in the 2016-2017 financial year.
Six minutes with Dimity Kingsford Smith
LSJ speaks to Dimity Kingsford Smith, Director of the Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation at UNSW, about the impacts of the banking royal commission.
Reframing her narrative
Solicitor and artist Amani Haydar was forced to re-evaluate the whole system when her father murdered her mother in 2015.
Six minutes with Keerthri Ravi
Allens Associate Keerthi Ravi works in a team of about 200 lawyers on disputes ranging from insolvency to tax and the banking Royal Commission.
Six minutes with Jane Seymour
Jane is a barrister at Level 22 Chambers practising in the areas of employment and industrial relations. She worked as a solicitor for more than…
The case that changed me – Kathy Merrick
What I learned from watching a master mediator in action.
By the skin of their teeth
Justice Virginia Bell AC, who was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge in 1999 and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia…
High Court Chief Justice shines at Archibalds
Activities for the First 100 Years of Women in Law initiative are building towards the 100-year anniversary on 26 November of NSW legislation that allowed…
Six minutes with Holly Lam
Holly Lam is President of the Women Lawyers Association of NSW and a senior associate at HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.
Margarita Varigos takes on the emerald city
From skincare to pharmaceuticals, Margarita Varigos enjoys the broad exposure she gets from working in house.