Legal profession adopts targets to help erode gender bias

Sexual harassment dominated headlines throughout 2018. But do most people know what the term means, according to law? This video explains the legal definition under Australian law. What is sexual … Read Full Story

Eliminating poor behaviour in the workplace is everybody’s responsibility, and the onus cannot simply fall to the victim of said behaviour, say two presidents of women lawyer associations. Cultural change … Read Full Story

Preliminary Submissions to NSW Law Reform Commission – review of consent laws in relation to sexual assault offences We have carefully reviewed the decision of Lazarus v R [2017] NSWCCA … Read Full Story

‘I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do’. We are here tonight to celebrate those … Read Full Story

What Is It And What Does It Mean For My Practice? In June 2016, the Law Council of Australia adopted the Equitable Briefing Policy[1]. Law firms, government, companies, individual barristers … Read Full Story

Contract lawyers serve many purposes in the legal field, particularly in affording flexibility for a law firm that requires more lawyers in a particular field than they employ. Most often, … Read Full Story

Thank you for the opportunity to have presented to you at The Newcastle Club for WLANSW. As a mother and business owner it is certainly an interesting combination at times the … Read Full Story

In September this year I was asked to speak on the elusive topic of ‘work-life balance’ at the Women Lawyers Association Newcastle. As a Performance Coach with a strong background … Read Full Story

What Is It And What Does It Mean For My Practice? In June 2016, the Law Council of Australia adopted the Equitable Briefing Policy [1]. Law firms, government, companies, individual barristers … Read Full Story

Nominations for the 2015 NSW Women Lawyers Achievement Awards are presently open until 30 June 2015. The Awards were launched as an ongoing initiative of WLANSW in 2007, having been … Read Full Story

Salary Negotiations For many in the profession, annual performance review time can be the most daunting and stressful part of the employment calendar. Excluding promotions, it is the one chance … Read Full Story

In most countries where policy and strategy on diversity and inclusion in the sphere of employment is common practice it has been accompanied for some time by the implementation of … Read Full Story

Where we work and what it feels like has a measurable impact on our mood, job satisfaction – and ability to think well. A Scientific American Mind article (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=building-around-the-mind&sc=WR_20090428) some … Read Full Story

How much do super fund fees affect retirement income? The short answer: A lot. Most investors could be losing 4 to 7 years of their retirement income to fees, according … Read Full Story

It seems that all around me at the moment, people are rethinking their assumptions about success. Is it making a certain amount of money? Holding a certain level of seniority? … Read Full Story

Have you ever wondered why the song ‘Let it go’ from the Disney film Frozen resonates with many women? Is the idea of releasing our power appealing (even when there … Read Full Story

Do you tend to overvalue your own work? Or do you in fact think it is worse than it really is? These questions are examined in an excellent TED talk … Read Full Story

The legal profession in Australia, like its counterparts in other advanced jurisdictions, is facing a period of disruption and radical change.  Unlike many businesses and other professions the legal profession … Read Full Story

“Sell myself”. “Indulge in shameless self-promotion”. “Push for what I want”. “Be aggressive about going after what I want”. “Climb the corporate ladder”. These phrases are just a sample of … Read Full Story

Do you have any “stale” challenges hanging around at your office? You know the kind, things like how can we ‘build stronger client relationships’ or ‘break down silos between practice … Read Full Story

Recently a client called me to say that the emails she was sending had bounced back. We tried a couple of times but still nothing came through and I wondered … Read Full Story

For most of us, our income is our measure of wealth. Each salary increase is another notch up in our feeling of wealth – and our confidence that we’re getting … Read Full Story

The room is filled with partners, prospects, and clients, and before you know it you are two metres in the door, someone yanks your name tag, proceeds to read it … Read Full Story