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THEMIS
Issue 15 - april 2012
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(1) In August 2011, the AWL Board met in Darwin for the AGM. Rebecca Lee was elected
President, and outgoing AWL President, Mary Ann Ryan was presented with a gift in
recognition of her time as AWL President. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: (front row) Mary Ann Ryan
(Tas), Rebecca Lee (WA); (back row) Kim Knights (WBA), Amy Challans (SA), Sara Wedgwood
(ACT), Sue Oliver (NT), Christine Melis (VIC) and Susie McNeil (QLD). (2) 2011/2012 AWL Office
Bearers: FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Kim Knights, Treasurer (WBA); Christine Melis, Vice President
(VWL); Rebecca Lee, President (WA); Sara Wedgwood, Secretary (ACT). (3) Rebecca Lee
(Incoming AWL President) presenting Mary Anne Ryan (Outgoing AWL President) with a gift, in
recognition of, and thanks for her time as AWL President August 2011, Darwin
presidents report
rebecca lee president awl
Welcome members!
AWL is to celebrate
its 15th year since
incorporation
in September
2012. In such a
momentous year, it
is only fitting that
we have amended
our Constitution
for the first time ever, to allow the
Organisational Representatives from
WBA (Vic) and VWL to be directors of
the Association, and hence be eligible
for appointment on the Executive at the
same time, without diluting the equal
voting rights of each State and Territory
at Board meetings, and to generally
update its provisions. This allowed the
current Board to ratify the election of
Christine Melis (VWL) as Vice-President,
in addition to Kim Knights (WBA)
as Treasurer, joining myself (WLWA)
as President and Sara Wedgwood
(WLACT) as Secretary on the Executive.
Our main event for the year is the
AWL 2012 National Conference, to be
held from Friday evening, 10 August to
Sunday mid-morning, 12 August 2012,
in Canberra. The theme is Women
Lawyers in a Public World. We already
have some wonderful speakers lined up.
To mention just two, Justice Virginia Bell
of the HCA will speak on the conference
theme and our new Global Ambassador
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for Women and Girls, Ms Penny
Williams, will also present a paper. If you
have not already registered, please do
so at http://www.lexisnexis.com.au/pd/
conferences.aspx. It is your attendance
and enthusiastic participation that
makes our conferences so successful.
There is already a flyer out promoting
the dates. Watch out for the brochure
being issued soon!!
AWL is particularly please at the
appointment of Ms Williams, as we
called for the creation of such a
post advising on issues impacting
on women’s status and wellbeing in
Australia and internationally in our
June 2008 Conference Communiqué.
Another cause to celebrate was
the inclusion of AWL’s Patron, the
Honourable Chief Justice Diana Bryant,
on being a recipient in the Australia Day
2012 Honours List. The Judge received
the award of Officer (AO) in the General
Division of the Order of Australia, and
we appreciated the inclusion of the fact
that she is our Patron and the founding
member and secretary of WLWA in her
accompanying biography.
A key event at the AWL 2012
Conference will be the inaugural AWL
Award. Our Patron is the benefactor
and patron of this award, which seeks
to acknowledge legally qualified women
who have been the most active and
effective in advancing all or any one of
AWL’s objectives. We are very pleased
to bring recognition on a national level
to women who may not have succeeded
in the traditional sense of appointment
to the Bench or Senior Counsel, but who
efforts are invaluable and contribute to
the advancement of us all. Please put
your thinking caps on and nominate
deserving women to be the recipient of
the inaugural award. Nominations close
18 May 2012.
Our new website is up and running,
but please bear with us as we bring
the contents up-to-date. You can
always check us out at http://www.
australianwomenlawyers.com.
au/ and give us your feedback. We
continue to be consulted about federal
judicial appointments by our first ever
female Federal Attorney-General and
approached by media outlets on national
issues affecting women and the law. If
there is any national issue you would like
to see addressed, please contact your
State or Territory representative.
Australian Women Lawyers
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Surviving and thriving as a woman in the law: Attrition,
retention and progression
Trailblazing women and the law
Biodiversity and the law: Examining state, federal and
international legislation
The good, the bad and the ugly truths about social media
Construction and resource management law
Powerful bundling of intellectual property rights:
Ownership and authorship in a digital medium
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Themis › Issue 15 2012
2012 Women lawyers in a public world
AWL and Lexis Nexis are proud to announce the following speakers will be
presenting at the 2012 conference:
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
Women Lawyers in a public world – Address by Justice of the High Court
of Australia
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> The Hon. Diana Bryant, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia
> The Hon. Robert French AC, Chief Justice High Court of Australia
> The Hon. Justice Virginia Bell, Justice, High Court of Australia
> Penny Williams, Global Ambassador for Women and Girls
> Rebecca Lee, Barrister, Western Australia Bar,
President, Australian Women Lawyers
> Marion Rodwell, General Counsel & Company Secretary, Myer
> Libby Baulch, Director of Policy, Copyright Agency Limited
> Janelle Kerrisk, Partner, Holding Redlich
> Kate Gilchrist, Senior Lawyer & Team Leader, Commercial Legal & Business Affairs Australian Broadcasting Corporation
> Rachael Reed, President, Auckland Women Lawyers Association
> Jo Appleyard, Partner, Chapman Tripp
> Sara Wedgwood, Legal Counsel, CSIRO, Secretary,
> Dr Nanette Rogers SC, Assistant Director, Office of
the Director of Public Prosecutions (NT)
> Trish Mundy, Lecturer Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong
> Professor Kim Rubenstein, Director, Centre for International and
Public Law, ANU College of Law.
> Convenor, ANU Gender Institute,
Australian National University, Canberra
> Vanessa Hutley, General Manager, Music Industry Piracy Investigations
> Kate Gilchrist, Senior Lawyer & Team Leader - Commercial Legal & Business Affairs Australian Broadcasting Corporation
> Fiona McLeod MC, Barrister, Victorian Bar
> Nichola Constant, Director, People + Culture Strategies
Surviving and Thriving as a woman
in the law: Attrition, retention and
progression
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The good, the bad and the ugly
truth about social media
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Construction and Resource
Management Law
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Powerful bundling of Intellectual
property rights: Ownership and
authorship in a digital medium

Female lawyers practising in rural,
regional and remote communities
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
International key note address
THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN
LAWYERS AWARD
The Honourable Justice Diana
Bryant is the benefactor and
patron of the Australian
Women Lawyers Award.
Nominations for the Award are
due by 18 May 2012. Please see
following page for details.
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THE AUSTRALIAN WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD
Australian Women Lawyers (“AWL”) is the peak body for women lawyers associations throughout Australia.
AWL is concerned with issues relating to the practice and advancement of women in the legal profession.
AWL also works to eliminate both direct and indirect discrimination against women in the legal system and the
administration of justice so that the legal system is more responsive to women’s needs.
PATRON OF THE AUSTRALIAN
WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD
The Honourable Justice Diana Bryant is the benefactor and
patron of the Australian Women Lawyers Award.
NOMINATION FORM FOR THE AUSTRALIAN
WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD
NOMINEE PARTICULARS:
Name: ---------------------------------------------------------------
THE AWARD CRITERIA
Title/Position: -----------------------------------------------------
The award will be granted to the nominee who is
demonstrated to have been most active and effective in
all or any one of the following categories:
Firm/Organisation: ------------------------------------------------
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Achieving justice and equality for women;
Supporting legal rights for women;
Eradicating discrimination against women in the
legal system and in the community generally;
Assisting or inspiring other women in accessing or
pursuing their rights; or
Advancing opportunities for women in the legal
profession and in the community generally.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
The nominee must be female, have a recent and significant
connection with Australia and have obtained a law degree
qualification recognised in Australia but does not need to
hold a current practising certificate.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Application is made by submitting a completed nomination
form together with the nominee’s resume or biography and
any supporting material to be considered by the Awards
Selection Panel.
A nomination form may be downloaded from
www.australianwomenlawyers.com.au
ADMINISTRATION OF THE
AUSTRALIAN WOMEN LAWYERS AWARD
The assessment of the winner of the Australian Women
Lawyers Award is entirely within the discretion of the Awards
Selection Panel established by AWL for the purpose of
determining the winner of the Australian Women Lawyers
Award. The decision of the Awards Selection Panel is final
and no correspondence will be entered into.
Address: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone:----------------------------------------------------------Email: ---------------------------------------------------------------Law degree qualification/place of admission
to practice law: ---------------------------------------------------Acceptance of nomination: I accept nomination for the
Australian Women Lawyers Award
Signature here:
Attach: A resume or biography detailing the Nominee’s
activities and achievements in all or any one of the Award
criteria,(award criteria listed, see left) and any supporting
material to be considered by the Awards Selection Panel.
NOMINATOR’S PARTICULARS:
Name: --------------------------------------------------------------Title/Position: ----------------------------------------------------Firm/Organisation: -----------------------------------------------Address: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Telephone:----------------------------------------------------------Email: ----------------------------------------------------------------
Nominations should be submitted by 18 May 2012 to the
Executive Assistant to The Honourable Justice Diana Bryant
either electronically (preferred) to Helen.Grist@familycourt.
gov.au or by mail to Family Court of Australia 305 William
Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 DX 284 Melbourne.
The recipient of the Australian Women Lawyers Award will
be announced at a Gala Dinner to be held at the Australian
Women Lawyers 4th National Conference on 11 August 2012
in Canberra
(1) & (2) “legal laneway breakfast”
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WOMEN BARRISTERS REPORT
Kim Knights WBA Representative (Victoria)
In July 2011 the WBA and VWL
held their first regional seminar in
Warrnambool, Victoria, to benefit
country members. The WBA Convenor,
Suzanne Kirton, and WBA Committee
member, Anna Robertson, presented
seminars on mediation and ethics. The
seminar was held at Deakin University’s
Warrnambool campus and was followed
by a dinner in a local restaurant.
In August 2011 the WBA & VWL
hosted the “Coming to the Bar”
information night for solicitors and
students. About 90 guests attended
and learnt about life as a barrister.
Also in August 2011 the WBA held a
drinks function with the Judges of the
County Court of Victoria. The function
was well attended by female barristers
and County Court Judges within the
precinct of the County Court of Victoria.
In September 2011 the WBA joined in
hosting the “Re-launch Your Career” 2
day conference. The conference was
a joint initiative of the WBA, Victorian
Women Lawyers, the Law Institute of
Victoria, the Victorian Bar and ACLA.
The conference was designed to assist
qualified lawyers to transition within the
law profession and also to assist those
who have left the profession to re-enter
it.
The first WBA event of this year was
the Legal Laneway Breakfast which
is organised by the Victorian Law
Foundation and supported by the WBA
and VWL.
In addition to the above functions
the WBA has made submissions to
the Victorian Bar on Victorian Bar
Subscriptions and the silks appointment
process.
The WBA’s Convenor Suzanne Kirton
has stayed on as Convenor for a second
year. She is assisted by the following
office holders: Diana Price and
Jane Sharp as Assistant Convenors,
Deborah Foy as Secretary, Joye Elleray
as Treasurer, Tiphanie Acreman as
Membership Secretary and Megan
Fitzgerald as Communications Officer.
Victorian Judicial
Appointments
Kate McMillan SC to the Supreme Court
of Victoria , Kirsty Macmillan SC to
the Family Court of Australia, Barbara
Cotterell to the County Court of Victoria,
Jan Maclean to the Magistrates Court
of Victoria
Victorian Silk Appointments
Caroline Kirton SC
Lesley Taylor SC
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nsw REPORT
Rebecca Barry NSW PRESIDENT
Our Association has gone from strength
to strength over the past 18 months. Our
aim at the end of 2010 was to participate
in the debate on diversity on boards and
diversity in senior positions of the legal
profession. And participate we have.
We have been a source of comment for
the Australian, the Australian Financial
Review and Lawyers Weekly. We were
asked to comment on the election of
a female Prime Minister, we provided
our comment on law firms named as
Employer of Choice, we expressed
concern over low level law briefs for
female silks, spoke in support of the
Australian Young Lawyer of the Year and
the coverage of our Women Lawyers
Awards Dinner was described as
‘Women Take Centre Stage’.
Policy
Together with VWL we made a
submission on the Consolidation of the
Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination
Laws at the beginning of 2012. I would
like to thank our Policy Officer Amanda
Alford for her hard work.
The Career Intentions Survey
project is an initiative of the Research
Subcommittee. Particular thanks go
to our Committee members, Lee-May,
Supriya, Margaret, Mary, and Justice
Matthews for their participation on the
Sub-Committee. We also thank the other
members of the Research Committee.
It is hoped that the release of the
survey to law students will take place in
the second half of 2012.
Functions and Events
On 7 April 2011 we were please to have
Louise Fitz-Gerald who was unanimously
selected as the winner of the prestigious
Australian Young Lawyer of the Year
Award in 2011 for her work with patients
dealing with chronic illness as our guest
speaker at our inaugural event for 2011
‘A toast to our success’ networking
cocktails.
On 18 May 2011 we held the ‘Law as
a Career-Coming to the Bar’ and thank
Martin Place Chambers for hosting this
wonderful event.
On 20 May 2011 and 11 November
2011 the Janet Coombs lunches for
New Female Bar Reader’s took place
and were a great success. Janet is a
longstanding member of our Committee
and is well known for her generosity
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and mentoring of women barristers and
solicitors over many years. We thank
Janet for hosting these lunches and for
her dedication to the Association.
On 1 June 2011 we launched our
Biennial Awards. The President of the
Law Society of NSW addressed our
guests following a welcome by our
Patron the Hon Justice Jane Matthews
AO. This event was a terrific night.
On 18 November 2011 the Golden Girls
lunch took place. This is always a special
event with our longstanding members.
Awards
Our major event was our biennial NSW
Women Lawyers Award Presentation
Dinner which was held at the
WatersEdge in Sydney on Friday 23rd
September 2011. Our guest speaker was
The Hon Margaret Beazley AO and the
awards were presented by our Patron.
The awards were supported by the
Law Society of NSW, the NSW Bar
Association, the NSW Department
of Attorney General and Justice,
the Australian Corporate Lawyers
Association and the Equal Opportunity
for Women in the Workplace Agency.
Five categories of Awards were
presented at the Gala Dinner including a
‘Highly Commended’ Award as follows:
> Lifetime Achievement Award: The
Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AO
> Woman Lawyer Advocate of
the Year: Julia Baird SC, 12th Floor
Selborne/Wentworth Chambers
> Woman Lawyer of the Year in
Private Practice: Anna Walsh, Maurice
Blackburn
> “In House” Woman Lawyer of the
Year sponsored by Blake Dawson:
Kate Perumal, Abigroup Ltd
> Woman Lawyer of the Year in a
Community Organisation: Emma
Golledge, Kingsford Legal Centre
> “Up & Coming” Woman Lawyer of
the Year sponsored by Middletons,
and with MGSM Leadership Course
included: Claire Hammerton, NSW
Aboriginal Land Council
>“Highly Commended” Judging
Panel’s Award: Dr Chandrika
Subramaniyan, Success Lawyers &
Barristers.
I was overwhelmed by the attendance at
the awards. There were so many guests
that we had to place two tables in the
“We have been a
source of comment
for the Australian,
the Australian
Financial Review and
Lawyers Weekly.”
foyer! We appreciate the support of the
senior members of the legal profession
and were grateful that they were so
enthusiastic about the Awards and the
amazing nominees and recipients.
Where to next?
We held our Planning Meeting and
dinner in February this year to set our
strategic plan and map our events for
the coming 12 months. At this stage
we have committed to ideas including
a large corporate panel event on
unconscious bias, a family law event,
further work in relation to briefing
women barristers, our bi-annual
‘Celebrating Women in the Judiciary’
function and the role out of a program
to support lawyers as parents including
education, networking and support. This
will be titled ‘Parents in Law’ and will be
run by Kate Blue.
In terms of our priority areas for policy
in 2012 we will be liaising with other
women’s organisations in relation to
developing a draft submission for the
National Human Rights Action Plan,
monitoring communiqués and other
reports for opportunities to contribute
to the consolidation process in relation
to COAG Select Council on Women’s
Issues, working with the Law Society
to assist them with implementing their
Thought Leadership Recommendations
and continuing work on the Career
Intentions Survey.
Goodbye to Lee-May
In particular I would like to thank
outgoing Committee member Lee-May
Saw for her many years of service to the
Association including as President and
our representative on the Board of AWL.
Lee-May has been a wonderful President
of WLANSW and an enthusiastic
member of the Committee and we look
forward to her continuing involvement
on the Subcommittee.
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(1) 2012 Dame Roma Mitchell Memorial Lunch, Melbourne, 2 March 2012 (from left): The
Honourable Justice Neave AO, The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CMG, The Honourable
Justice Warren AC (2)“legal laneway breakfast” (3) contracts to contacts event
Victoria Report
Patricia Athanasiadis VWL Convenor
Mentoring, it’s importance and how it
helps women achieve success in the
legal profession is well documented.
Whether undertaken informally or
formally, being part of a mentoring
relationship has benefits for all involved.
In major part, due to the benefits of
mentoring from increased promotion,
retention and development, it was
chosen as the 2012 theme for VWL.
In the modern business world,
mentoring relationships no longer have
to be the stereotypical one-on-one, face
to face interactions with wise, longbearded men. Mentoring relationships
can develop in many ways, including
over emails, phone, Skype or a coffee.
In addition, reverse mentoring is also
now being explored, where senior
members of the profession are paired
with younger lawyers to teach them
about technology, social media and the
latest workplace trends.
Mentoring in 2012 is about developing
your relationships, being objective
about your networks and the way in
which you sustain your career in the
law. Whilst it is early in the year, VWL
has already hosted an event focused on
networking and building relationships:
> Converting Contacts to Contracts,
was the second annual joint event
with the Institute of Chartered
Accountants Australia and Women
in Finance Victoria. This interactive
presentation by Director of Confident
Communications, Ricky Nowak had the
over 160 attendees out of their seats and
networking. Held at the Windsor Hotel,
its success has organisers planning for
next year already.
VWL has also held:
> The annual Dame Roma Mitchell
Memorial Luncheon on 2 March 2012,
in conjunction with the Law Institute
of Victoria at Zinc. Key note speaker
former Justice Michael Kirby enthralled
the audience with his personal and legal
perspective on what the movement
for equal marriage rights can learn
from the women’s movement. Not only
did Mr Kirby provide an entertaining
discussion, but he honoured Dame
Roma Mitchell’s memory and reminisced
about her chambers in South Australia.
See the clips of Michael Kirby’s keynote
address.
Upcoming events for 2012 include:
> Women in Government networking
cocktail event, hosted in conjunction
with the Russell Kennedy Women’s
Network on 19 March 2012. Guest
speaker Dr Helen Szoke will provide
insights on the night;
> the Annual Member and Guests
evening, which will be held on 2 May
2012. Well known comedian and
broadcaster Cal Wilson will be the
evening’s guest performer;
> the biannual VWL and WBA Women
Lawyers Achievement Awards. The
event will be held on 30 May 2012 at the
Plaza Ballroom and more information on
this event will be available shortly;
> launch of the 2012 VWL and WBA
Mentoring Program on 21 June 2012 at
Middletons Melbourne; and
> inaugural networking and mentoring
event with Judges of the Federal Court
on 20 September 2012.
It will be a busy year for VWL, with
further events in the pipeline and the
progression of VWL projects.
Some projects include:
> VWL’s Law Reform Committee and
the Women Lawyers Association
of NSW have also prepared a joint
submission to the Attorney-General’s
department, responding to the
government’s discussion paper on the
consolidation of Commonwealth antidiscrimination laws. The submission
is available on the Attorney-General’s
website (http://www.ag.gov.au/
Humanrightsandantidiscrimination/
Australiashumanrightsframework/
Documents/Victorian%20Women%20
Lawyers%20and%20the%20Women%20
Lawyers%20Association.pdf);
> VWL’s Women Migrants Legal
Information Project recently submitted
a small grants application to the Victoria
Law Foundation for funds to run a
pilot project. The project will involve
broadcasts on community radio about
areas of law in which migrant women
often have little knowledge of their
rights. For more information on this
project click here;
> VWL in conjunction with Diversity
Partners is rolling out a Partner
Training Program on Managing Work
Arrangements based on VWL’s Do You
Manage Report throughout the year;
and
> support is also being sought for much
needed work on an Attrition Study
of Victorian Lawyers, based on the
Scoping Study released in 2010 by VWL
in conjunction with RMIT researchers,
following a joint application to the
Victoria Law Foundation.
It is only the very start of 2012 and
with much more planned for the year, it
looks like VWL members will be spoilt
by the range of opportunities available
to them.
Female Judicial Appointments
Kate McMillan SC to the Supreme Court
of Victoria , Kirsty Macmillan SC to
the Family Court of Australia, Barbara
Cotterell to the County Court of Victoria
and Jan Maclean to the Magistrates
Court of Victoria.
Victorian Silk Appointments
Caroline Kirton SC
Lesley Taylor SC
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act Report
Nithya Sambasivam WLA ACT Vice President
On behalf of the Committee of the
Women Lawyers Association of the
ACT Inc (WLA ACT) I thank you for
your continuing support! The ACT is a
unique jurisdiction, in which the WLA
ACT works hard to keep the voice of our
members heard.
We have had a busy six months,
including the conduct of our AGM and a
change of Committee and Executive.
The WLA ACT’s Annual General
Meeting was held on the 24 of November
2011 at Blackburn Chambers, Canberra
City.
The 2012 Committee elected at that
meeting was:
President - Louise Donohoe SC
Vice President - Nithya Sambasivam
Secretary - Janukshi Perera
Treasurer - Lorraine White
Public Officer/ Committee member Tegan Cohen*
Committee member - Amy Eager
Committee member - Numira Kuruppu
Committee member - Julia Heinze
*As Tegan Cohen has now left the ACT
to pursue her career in Sydney, Amy
Eager has kindly accepted this role and
we thank Amy for same.
I have a long and enjoyable
relationship with WLA ACT and I have
especially enjoyed working with the
Committee over the past few years
as both a mentor and Committee
member. I appreciate the work of the
2011 Committee and all previous years’
Committees, and thank Julia Heinze for
her service as President during 2011.
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Further, I wish to formally recognise
the ongoing work of four very capable
women, the efforts of whom our
Committee is kindly obliged - our
immediate past Treasurer Karen Twigg,
our WLA ACT book keeper Gaye Alison,
our ACT Director on the Board of AWL
Sara Wedgwood and our immediate
past Committee member Allyson Hogan,
whom we look forward to welcoming
back later this year.
The WLA ACT anticipates that Karen
will be the next ACT Director on the
Board of AWL and to this end, Karen will
undertake a handover from our current
ACT Director on the Board of AWL,
Sara Wedgwood, in the months leading
up to the AWL AGM and 2012 National
Conference in August this year. The
Committee acknowledges the superb
work that Sara has done as the ACT
Director on the Board of AWL and look
forward to her continuing involvement
with the WLA ACT. Naturally, Karen’s
anticipated nomination has the full
support of the Committee.
The 2012 Committee is preparing for a
busy year in several areas, including:
> The establishment of our terrific
new website – www.wlaact.org.au, as
well as our Facebook group, which we
encourage all to join;
> The drafting of new rules of the
Association, to better facilitate our
priorities;
> Building a productive working
relationship with the ACT Law Society
and other community women’s
organisations; and
“The ACT is a unique
jurisdiction, in which
the WLA ACT works
hard to keep the
voice of our members
heard.”
> A full events schedule, which this year
will feature both the 2012 AWL National
Conference and the Annual Law Week
Dinner on 16 May 2012.
We encourage all ACT practitioners to
get involved with the WLA ACT (please
feel free to email us at contact@wlaact.
corg.au) and look forward to an exciting
year ahead.
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(1) The 2011 winners – Diane Ruhl, Kathryn Finlayson (President WLAQ), Suzanne Greenwood,
Di Turner. Front – Teresa Dyson (2) Speaker, Elizabeth Fraser, Commissioner for Children,
Young People and Child Guardian (3) Speaker, Judy Loughnan, Suncorp
QUEENSLAND Report
Kathryn Finlayson President WLAQ
The last eight months have been
particularly active for the Women
Lawyers’ Association of Queensland
(WLAQ). We hosted our annual
Queensland Women Lawyer of the
Year Awards Dinner in September,
the launch of the 2011/2012 Ladder
mentoring program, our Christmas
Party and our first a financial planning
seminar.
Friday, 9 September was the biggest
night of the 2011 calendar year for
Queensland’s women lawyers, with 165
people attending the Brisbane Club
for the presentation of the 2011 WLAQ
Women Lawyer of the Year Awards and
the Queensland Law Society Agnes
McWhinney Award.
The awards recognise female
members of the legal profession who
excel in the law and who have helped
to advance the position of women.
The 2011 dinner featured addresses by
Commissioner for Children and Young
People and Child Guardian Elizabeth
Fraser and Suncorp Corporate General
Counsel, Judy Loughnan.
Blake Dawson partner Teresa Dyson
won the prestigious Woman Lawyer of
the Year Award for her leading national
role in tax law and considerable
community contributions. Di Turner,
a lawyer who practices in family law
at Legal Aid in Townsville and an
Independent Children’s Lawyer and
family dispute resolution practitioner
was awarded the 2011 Regional
Woman Lawyer of the Year. Diane
Ruhl, an associate at Townsville firm
Boulton Cleary and Kern Lawyers, was
awarded the 2011 Emergent Woman
Lawyer of the Year given her prominent
representation in regional Queensland
through her work with the Townsville
District Law Association, originally
as secretary and now as president.
Suzanne Greenwood, General Counsel
to the St Vincent de Paul Society
Queensland, was the proud recipient
of the Queensland Law Society Agnes
McWhinney award given her steady
commitment to the not-for-profit sector
over the past 10 years.
In October WLAQ launched its
2011/12 Ladder Program with a social
drinks function for participants
resident in South East Queensland
at Cooper Grace Ward. The Ladder
Program matches law students and
young lawyers with more experienced
women in the profession and aims
to encourage, assist and empower
mentees to seek out and take advantage
of opportunities in the law. A function
will be held in Townsville later this
month.
December saw our annual
Christmas party which this year raised
awareness of and much needed funds
for “StreetSwags”, a not-for-profit
“The Ladder Program
matches law
students and young
lawyers with more
experienced women
in the profession and
aims to encourage,
assist and empower
mentees to seek out
and take advantage
of opportunities in
the law.”
organisation that makes bedding for
homeless people.
2012 commenced with WLAQ’s first
personal financial planning seminar
which looked at strategies, tips and
traps for wealth management, tax,
super, cash flow and dealing with debt.
Our next function is ‘Breakfast
with Erin Brockovich’ which we are
co-hosting with the Queensland Law
Society on 31 March 2012 in conjunction
with its annual symposium.
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(1) Female Law Practitioners Act (SA) 1911 (2) WLSA Quiz Night Photos
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(3) Women Lawyers South Australia – AGM
SOUTH AUSTRALIA REPORT
Amy Challans SA Representative
The year 2011 was extremely busy
for the Women Lawyers’ Association
of SA (WLASA) most notably due
to the centenary of the Female Law
Practitioners Act (SA) 1911 which
legalised ’women to practise the
profession of the Law’ in the State of
South Australia.
To celebrate this centenary the
members of the Women Lawyers’
Association of SA in conjunction with
the Law Society of SA held a gala
dinner to recognise and celebrate the
achievements of women in the law in
South Australia. The Association also
co-authored a number of articles for
a special edition of the Law Society
Bulletin dedicated to celebrating ‘100
years’ of female legal practise in the
State of South Australia.
In addition to recognising the
centenary of Female Law Practitioners
Act (SA) 1911, WLA SA focused its
attention on education, networking and
fundraising throughout 2011.
In September 2011, WLASA hosted
its annual quiz night to raise funds
for the Birthing Kit Foundation (the
Association’s chosen charity for 2011).
Approximately 200 people attended and
participated in a range of fund raising
activities including raffles and silent
auctions. WLA SA would like to thank
its members, event sponsors and the
‘Friends of WLA’ for their kind donations
and the Association looks forward to
seeing everyone again at its next quiz
function in 2013.
In October 2011, WLA SA hosted its
second ‘Bar Readers for the female legal
practitioners that successfully passed
the Bar Reader’s course. This function
was held at the Dragonfly and looks set
to become a regular event as the number
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of women choosing to undertake the
Bar Readers course steadily increases.
Big congratulations to all of SA’s female
Reader’s!
The year 2011 ended with WLA
SA’s annual Christmas drinks with the
Judiciary. Approximately 60 guests
attended this function to celebrate the
festive season and to raise money for the
Birthing Kit Foundation. A big thank you
to the Chief Justice and all members of
the judiciary who attended, and WLA
“Women Lawyers’
Association of SA in
conjunction with
the Law Society
of SA held a gala
dinner to recognise
and celebrate the
achievements of
women in the law in
South Australia.”
SA looks forward to seeing everyone
again next year.
The first event for WLA SA in 2012
was its annual strategic planning day
which has become a regular feature
on the management calendar of the
Committee. As a result of this planning
day WLA SA plans to introduce a
number of new events in 2012 and
cement ‘old’ favourites in its calendar. It
has also scheduled a second planning
day to focus on membership.
The first new event for 2012 has
seen WLA SA co -sponsor a CPD
seminar with the Law Society of SA
focusing on women practicing in the
legal profession. Titled ‘Attitudes and
Expectations: Is Super Woman Helping
or Hindering Women in the Law?’ the
session was designed to coincide with
International Women’s Day and proved
to be extremely popular. As a result of
the success of this session WLA SA and
the Law Society of SA are to partner a
suite of CPD exploring women in the
profession.
Female Judicial Appointments
Ms Jayne McGrath – Magistrate (to the
SA Magistrates Court)
Appointment as Silk
Ms Geraldine Davison appointed as Silk
in November 2011
Other Significant Happenings
The centenary of the Female Law
Practitioners Act (SA) 1911 - This Act
was significant as it legalised the
practise of the Law by women in the
State of South Australia. Interestingly,
prior to the introduction of this
legislation, women were ineligible to
be admitted to practise as lawyer not
because the Legal Practitioners Act of
the time referred to men. It was because
the privilege to practise law was
bestowed on ‘any person’ and it was the
interpretation of the word ‘person’ which
denied women the right of participation
not only as a legal practitioner, but also
of other professions as well. It was not
until the Sex Disqualification (Removal)
Act (SA) 1921 was passed that the
word ‘person’ was to be interpreted as
meaning either male or female.
TASMANIA REPORT
Sandra Taglieri President, TWL
Tasmanian Women Lawyers Inc held
its Annual General Meeting on 12th
December 2011.
The Committee was able to report to
members that we had a successful year
in all respects. Membership numbers
were good, as was the bank balance
and general level of activity.
The AGM was an opportune time for
us to celebrate an inspiring Tasmanian
female lawyer, Nancy McPhee. Nancy
was the first woman to be admitted to
the Bar in Tasmania in 1993 and we
received delightful news that she was
alive and well and celebrating her 100th
Birthday. We paid tribute to her and the
trail she blazed!
Sandra Taglieri was re-appointed to
the position of President unopposed,
as were most who served on the
Committee for the 2011 calendar
year. We also had new members join
the Committee and this will ensure a
succession plan for the organisation.
We conducted our Annual Planning
Day on the 22nd January 2012 and
agreed our schedule of events and
functions for the year ahead. Already
“The AGM was an
opportune time for
us to celebrate an
inspiring Tasmanian
female lawyer, Nancy
McPhee.”
TWL have participated in the University
of Tasmania Careers Fair and are busily
organising a Cocktail Party Function to
be held on the 18th April next. There
are many other valuable projects in the
schedule, such as our Biennial TWL
Gala Dinner and TWL Award. 2012 is
setting out to be a busy, rewarding and
engaging year for us.
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western australia Report
Elspeth Hensler President WLWA
Since the last edition of Themis, we
have a new committee to guide us
through 2011 / 2012. The members of
the committee are Elspeth Hensler
(president), Cathryn Greville (vice
president), Anne Wood (secretary), Anne
Lopez (treasurer), Catherine Fletcher,
Tina McAulay, Amanda Thackray, Ros
Fogliani, Emily Mills, Carolyn Meighan,
Natalie Brown, Gabrielle Clarke and
Natalie Graskoski. Sadly, some who were
serving on the committee have had to
move on. We thank all of them for their
contributions to WLWA, through the
committee and otherwise.
In addition to our regular, lunchtime
get togethers (every 4th Tuesday),
we have hosted and participated in a
number of events. A summary of those
events follows.
On the social side, we hosted the
following events.
> Our annual function for female new
lawyers to meet the judiciary. Happily,
this year’s function coincided with the
Full Court of the Family Court being in
Perth so our very first secretary, now
Bryant CJ and patron of AWL, was able
to attend and speak at the event.
> We celebrated the end of 2011
at a city restaurant, eCucina. Jade
Lewis, founder Jade Lewis & Friends, a
foundation doing great work preparing
women for leaving prison and reentering the community, spoke at this
function.
> Also at the end of 2011 we launched
the Aboriginal Women’s Legal Education
Trust, which is a joint venture between
WLWA and one of its members, Clare
Thompson. The launch was held at the
Supreme Court of Western Australia.
The patron of the Trust, the Chief
Justice of Australia, was present and
spoke at the launch.
On the professional development side,
we presented the following CPD events.
> Then committee member GiGi
Visscher presented a seminar on how to
read financial statements.
> Her Honour Judge Gillian Braddock
SC and Debbie Taylor, a senior member
of the State Administrative Tribunal,
spoke at our seminar “A Girl’s Guide to
Becoming a Successful Lawyer: What
Not to Wear and other Lessons Not
Taught at Law School”.
> We kicked off 2012 with a seminar on
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personal branding presented by Egami.
We timed this for early 2012 so that
participants have time to incorporate
what they learn from the seminar into
their practice before the performance
review / salary review season begins.
We also participated in the following
events with other organisations.
> Many of our members are mentors
for the Women in the Law Mentoring
Scheme (WILMS) run by the students
of the Law School at the University of
Western Australia. We participated in
the WILMS “Speed Networking Night”
and Elspeth Hensler appeared with one
of our joint 2011 Women Lawyers of the
Year, Jenni Hill, and others on a panel
to discuss various aspects of being a
woman practising law.
> We held a joint seminar with the
Criminal Lawyers Association about
women in Western Australia’s prisons,
the Independent Prison Visitors scheme,
and helping women successfully make
the transition from prison into the
broader community. This seminar was
addressed by Professor Neil Morgan
and Jade Lewis (mentioned above). We
thank Cath Fletcher for organising the
event and Francis Burt Chambers for
hosting it.
> We celebrated International
Women’s Day by attending a number
of events, including the induction of a
our Patron Emeritus Her Honour Toni
Kennedy (and others) into the WA
Women’s Hall of Fame. In the afternoon
we teamed with the Law Society of
WA to continue our celebrations of
International Women’s Day with a High
Tea for 160. During High Tea, a panel
of Pritchard J, Dr Kendall, President of
the Law Society and Professor Omari
who has done important work for the
Law Society into bullying in the legal
profession spoke about the importance
of respect in the legal profession and
treating each other with courtesy. Hays,
the recruiting firm, was the premium
sponsor for the event and Pan Pacific
donated some prizes which were raffled
for the benefit of the Tristan Jepson
Foundation.
We continue to meet with heads of
jurisdiction in Western Australia to
discuss matters of mutual concern.
We are also well into a project to
review a report prepared in 1994 at the
instigation of the then Chief Justice of
Western Australia, Malcolm CJ which
“We continue to
meet with heads
of jurisdiction in
Western Australia to
discuss matters of
mutual concern.”
suggested numerous ways to enhance
women’s participation and promotion in
the legal profession in Western Australia
and to combat discrimination against
women in the law. With support from
the Supreme Court and the Department
of the Attorney General, we propose to
deliver a review of the 1994 Report in
2014, 20 years from the original report.
The project is chaired by Pritchard J.
As the editors of Themis go to
print, we are preparing to enjoy our
Honours Dinner and acknowledge
the appointments of Magistrates
Leanne Atkins and Donna Webb to the
Magistrates Court and Magistrates
Gail Sutherland and Francine Walter
to the Family Magistrates Court. We
will also honour the achievements
of Their Honours Mary Ann Yeats
(formerly of the District Court) and
Judy Eckhert (formerly of the District
Court and the State Administrative
Tribunal and the first female President
of the Law Society of WA). We will
announced the winners of the awards
for Woman Lawyer of the Year, Senior
Woman Lawyer of the Year and Junior
Woman Lawyer of the Year for 2012
and, for the first time, the winner of the
Aboriginal Women’s Legal Education
Trust Scholarship. We congratulate all
women who were nominated for the
awards or who were considered for the
scholarship. Thanks to LawCPD Pty Ltd,
King & Wood Mallesons, Linc Property
Pty Ltd, sandlewood company TFS
Corporation Ltd, Bank of Queensland
Floreat (independently owned by Nicole
Puado) and Pacific Finance Australia for
sponsoring the Dinner.
west australian Judicial
Appointments
Magistrate Leanne Atkins
Magistrate Gail Sutherland
Magistrate Francine Walter
Magistrate Donna Webb
The Australian Women
Lawyers (AWL) is primarily
concerned with issues
relating to the practice
and advancement of
women in the legal
profession.
AWL BOARD MEMBERS
Board Member Co-opted Member
President
Rebecca LeeWomen Lawyers Association of Western Australia
Vice President
Christine Melis Victorian Women Lawyers Association
SecretarySara WedgwoodWomen Lawyers Association of Australian Capital Territory
Treasurer
Kim KnightsWomen Barristers Association (Victoria)
Board MemberSusan OliverWomen Lawyers Association of Northern Territory
Board MemberSusan McNeil Women Lawyers Association of Queensland
Board Member
Sandra TaglieriTasmanian Women Lawyers
Board MemberAmy Challans Women Lawyers Association of South Australia
Board Member
Rebecca Barry Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales
For more information on Australian Women Lawyers, please see our website at www.australianwomenlawyers.com.au