The Briefing

Is law still a boy’s club?

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A reckoning is taking place in Australia’s legal profession. The women in the industry say it’s a boy’s club and always has been, despite more than 60 per cent of law graduates today being female. This gender based discrimination and hostile work environment is a leading reason why women step away from the legal profession. So what is going on and what can be done to fix it? Today's guests are Kate Eastman, Senior Counsel, Employment and human rights barrister and Jessie Tu, who was formerly in the legal profession.

 

In today's news headlines:

• Victorians facing jail, $11,000 for NSW visit as lockdowns return
• Guy Sebastian’s former manager arrested for allegedly defrauding the singer of $1.15m
• Dyson Heydon no longer a Barrister as police launch probe
• ATO website crashes as Aussies rush to withdraw second $10,000 from super

 

In today's Briefing we ask: How women are treated in the legal profession? Who has known about this behaviour? Why did it take this long for a female Chief Justice to instigate an inquiry in to what went actually went on at the highest court in the land?