WOMEN LAWYERS – AUSTRALIA

Pay gap worsens for women barristers

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Original article by Michael Pelly
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 11-Oct-19

Female barristers received 25 per cent of reported briefs in 2017-18, according to the Law Council, but only 17 per cent of the value of those briefs. This is according to a report to be released by the Council on 11 October, with the eight per cent gap between the number of briefs and their value up from five per cent in the previous financial year. The Law Council adopted an equitable briefing policy in 2016, setting a target of 30 per cent of briefs for women and at least 30 per cent of the value of brief fees by 2020.

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LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Freehills leads on promoting women partners

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Original article by Michael Pelly, Edmund Tadros
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 6-Jul-18

Law firms taking part in the annual "Australian Financial Review" Law Partnership Survey added 290 partners in the first six months of 2018, of which 126 were women. A total of 43 firms appointed new partners, with HWL Ebsworth Lawyers adding the most. Herbert Smith Freehills promoted eight women to the role of partner, but it did not promote any men. Richard Spurio of Allens said its target for women to comprise at least 35 per cent of its partners was achieved in 2017, five years ahead of schedule.

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HWL EBSWORTH PTY LTD, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS PTY LTD, ALLENS, MORAY AND AGNEW, MADDOCKS, MACPHERSON AND KELLEY LAWYERS PTY LTD, ASHURST AUSTRALIA, COLIN BIGGERS AND PAISLEY

Women dominant in senior ranks, next step still to come

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Original article by Marianna Papadakis
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 34 : 3-Jul-15

Women account for 24 per cent of partners at the law firms that participated in the 2015 law partnership survey of "The Australian Financial Review". However, female lawyers comprise more than 60 per cent of senior associates at these firms. Some 66 per cent of senior associates at Corrs Chambers Westgarth are women, while 64 per cent at Herbert Smith Freehills are women.

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CORRS CHAMBERS WESTGARTH, HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS PTY LTD, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT AUSTRALIA, SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, ALLENS

Being female doesn’t pay

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Original article by Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 36 : 28-Nov-14

Data from Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows that the average pay gap between men and women across the economy is 24.7 per cent. However, this rises to 37.8 per cent in the case of women employees in the finance sector and 35.6 per cent in the legal sector. King & Wood Mallesons’ managing partner Sue Kench says women lawyers need to more actively "put themselves forward" in pay discussions

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AUSTRALIA. WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, HOLDING REDLICH, MINTER ELLISON, THE LAW SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, MADDOCKS LAWYERS

Women partners stalemate

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Original article by Nicola Berkovic
The Australian – Page: 31 : 27-Jun-14

The new partnership survey by Beaton Research + Consulting for "The Australian" shows little to no improvement in the area of discrimination against female lawyers at the leading law firms. The ratio of female partners increased only from 21.5% to 22% during 2013, while that of equity partners fell from 17.5% to 17.4%. Australian Women Lawyers patron and Family Court chief justice Diana Bryant says quotas should be rolled out to address the imbalance. K&L Gates has lifted the share of female partners from just 6% to 22.4% over four years. While Gilbert +Tobin continues to lead with a ratio of 32.6% among equity partners, this is actually a fall from 36.5% since 2009. In terms of salaried partners TressCox Lawyers scores highest with 39.2%

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BEATON RESEARCH AND CONSULTING PTY LTD, FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN WOMEN LAWYERS, K&L GATES LLP, GILBERT AND TOBIN LAWYERS, TRESSCOX, SWAAB ATTORNEYS, BANKI HADDOCK FIORA, SEYFARTH SHAW LLP, HIVE LEGAL PTY LTD, MINTER ELLISON, SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, COOPER GRACE WARD, WOTTON AND KEARNEY, ALLENS, GRIFFITH HACK LAWYERS PTY LTD, HOPGOOD GANIM, McCULLOUGH ROBERTSON