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Half of women experience discrimination in Australian law firms
A survey of 3,801 lawyers has found that 50% of women and 10% of men feel they have been discriminated against because of their gender.
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The data comes in the National Attrition and Re-engagement Study, put together by the Law Council of Australia. Fiona McLeod SC, an executive member of the council, said: ‘Our problem is not with women, they are just the canaries in the coal mine; our problem is with the profession and the fact that we’re still operating basically as a men’s only club where some women get let in on a case-by-case basis.’ Source: Lawyers Weekly
