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Durham Women in Law

@du_womeninlaw

Durham University society aiming to encourage discussion regarding gender equality in the legal sector and create an empowered network of young female lawyers

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‘the proportion of QCs who are female is still around 16% and only about a quarter of High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court justices are female. This indicates that there is still considerable work to be done to retain excellent female barristers’ gov.uk/government/new…

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'Casual sexism is still prevalent': how close is the law to gender equality? ‘Law is one of the more adaptable professions, but work still needs to be done to ensure women can get top positions’ via ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/0…

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Study in the HC of Australia finds that the dominant interrupters were not the judges, but male advocates and female judges were far more likely to be interrupted than their male colleagues ht S L Cooper law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/… #womeninlaw Australia 🇦🇺

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Today we commemorate the 54th anniversary of the death of Dr Ivy Williams, first woman called to the English Bar. Read more about Ivy, whom Baroness Heather Hallett (the fifth woman to sit as a judge in the Court of Appeal) has described as her legal hero. first100years.org.uk/ivy-williams/?…

Today we commemorate the 54th anniversary of the death of Dr Ivy Williams, first woman called to the English Bar. Read more about Ivy, whom Baroness Heather Hallett (the fifth woman to sit as a judge in the Court of Appeal) has described as her legal hero. first100years.org.uk/ivy-williams/?…
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Exciting news! We are hosting mock interviews for Durham students on the 18th and 19th March interested in a career as a barrister or solicitor. Visit DurhamWomeninLaw on Facebook for more details on how to sign up!

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“Law firms need to get to the point where they pivot their diversity and inclusion focus from education to meaningful action....Firms need to go beyond lip service and make commitments to D&I goals...” law.com/international-…