Thursday, December 10, 2009

NSW women riled over briefing gap


WOMEN lawyers have been left reeling over the results of a national survey looking at the gap between the appearances of women and men in the courts.

The results of the Law Council of Australia’s 2009 Gender Appearance Survey confirm the disparity between the appearances of women and men before New South Wales courts, spurring the body representing women lawyers in New South Wales into finding out more.

The Women Lawyers’ Association of New South Wales (WLA NSW) have long been aware of the gender gap between women and men appearing in the states courts, it said.

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