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Women barristers now receiving 30% of briefs
A key target of the Law Council’s Equitable Briefing Policy has finally been reached, with more than three in 10 briefs going to women barristers in FY20.
A “significant milestone” has been reached, the Law Council of Australia announced in conjunction with International Women’s Day 2022: following the launching of the Equitable Briefing Policy in 2016, the aim to have women barristers briefed in at least 30 per cent of all matters by 1 July 2020 has been met.
- Jerome Doraisamy
- Lawyers Weekly
As at the end of the 2019-20 financial year, LCA president Tass Liveris said, 31 per cent of briefs are going to women barristers.
In the reporting…