Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee
The Law Council's Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee exists primarily to advise the Board of the Law Council on matters relevant to achieving equality of workplace opportunity within the Australian legal profession.
Issues
The Committee is currently examining the issues of:
- Development of a draft provision on anti Discrimination/ Sexual Harassment/ Workplace Bullying for incorporation into the revised Model Conduct Rules of Professional Conduct and Practice;
- Coordination of independent research projects such as the Court Appearance Survey and development of a strategy;
- Participation on Law Council committees and working groups such as Judicial Appointments; Indigenous Legal Issues; Retention of lawyers; and
- Development of the Law Council’s policy position, for example in relation to Flexible Work Practices.
Documents
Members
Membership is drawn from the Law Council's constituent bodies and a representative from the Australian Women Lawyers. The current members of the Committee are:
- Ms Fiona McLeod SC (Chair) - Victorian Bar Association
- Ms Catherine Gale - Law Council Executive
- Ms Kerry Clark - South Australian Bar Association
- Mr James Sabharwal - ACT Bar Association
- Ms Astrid Haban-Beer - Law Institute of Victoria
- Ms Elizabeth Heenan - Law Society of Western Australia
- Ms Anne Hewitt - Law Society of South Australia
- Dr Terry Hutchinson - Queensland Law Society
- Ms Trish McDonald SC - NSW Bar Association
- Ms Georgia McMaster - Law Society of the Northern Territory
- Ms Audrey Mills - Law Society of Tasmania
- Ms Olivia Perkiss - Queensland Bar Association
- Ms Amy Challans - Australian Women Lawyers
- Ms Pauline Wright - Law Society of NSW
- Ms Rebecca Lee - Western Australian Bar Association
- Ms Allyson Hogan - ACT Law Society
Contact
For further information on the work of the Equalising Opportunities in the Law Committee, contact:
