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.
Six minutes with Riana Steyn
Riana Steyn held senior executive management roles in South Africa and Australia for PwC, Investec Private Bank and Kemp Strang Lawyers before joining Bartier Perry…
Meet Kirstin Ferguson, the woman behind the #CelebratingWomen campaign
Read the inspiring career story of former lawyer, company director, ABC board member, author and founder of #CelebratingWomen Kirstin Ferguson.
Women in law: first 100 years
A new initiative is bringing together lawyers to celebrate how far women have come in the legal profession since the Women’s Legal Status Act was…
Pioneers and pariahs: a century of women in law
This year marks 100 years since the law was amended to allow women to practise as lawyers.
RACS offers a lifeboat to refugees at sea with changing policies
Rapidly changing and often hostile policy environments challenge RACS staff and solicitors attempting to generate certainty for asylum seekers.
Carrying the family torch
Teela Reid joined NSW Legal Aid, her first job as a solicitor, in March. Previously, she was tipstaff to Justice Lucy McCallum of the Supreme…
Scaling mountains of prejudice in Nepal
Women represent just 10 per cent of the registered lawyers in Nepal even though they have been allowed to practise law for almost 60 years….
The art of justice
Terri Janke’s passion for protecting the rights of Indigenous artists helped her develop a thriving law career.
Fashioning diplomacy
The year ahead will be huge for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, with a controversial new US President and administration in office, ongoing conflict in Iraq…
A day in the life of… Michelle Sanson
Michelle Sanson used to be a solicitor at Blake Dawson Waldron and an academic at the University of Technology. But she threw it in to…