Diversity on the bench and in the legal profession
The number of female Judges in the Local Court surpasses male Judges. Judge Jacquie Trad of the Local Court, based in Broken Hill, chats with…
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.
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.