Resources
Resources Available to Practitioners to Assist in Identifying Women Barristers
Lists of Female Barristers
Australian Capital Territory Bar Association
New South Wales Bar Association
Northern Territory Bar Association (general directory of barristers)
Bar Association of Queensland Inc
South Australian Bar Association
Tasmanian Independent Bar Association (general directory of barristers)
The Victorian Bar Inc
Western Australian Bar Association
Women Lawyers Associations
Australian Women Lawyers
ACT Women Lawyers Association
NSW Women Lawyers Association
NT Women Lawyers Association
Queensland Women Lawyers Association
South Australian Women Lawyers Association
Tasmanian Women Lawyers Association
Victorian Women Lawyers Association
WA Women Lawyers Association
Women Barristers Associations
The Victorian Bar Women Barristers Association
NSW Women Barristers Forum
Other useful resources
- Colleagues - Other solicitors and barristers invariably are the best source of advice on the capabilities of advocates under consideration for briefing, including women barristers;
- Clerks - Barristers clerks may be able to refer you to appropriate women barristers; and
- Court - Be alert to good advocates in court, and in particular capable women barristers who may be able to represent your clients in future cases
Research and publications
Law Council of Australia
2009 Court Appearance Survey: The Law Council conducted a survey to measure the number of female barristers and advocates appearing in Australia's superior courts in 2009. The findings of this survey were released in December 2009. The Law Council's media releases are: "Survey on Women in Court" and "Benchmark Study Will Measure Rate of Female Representation in Court"
Law Council of Australia, Submission to the Inquiry into Pay Equity and Associated Issues Related to Increasing Female Participation in the Workforce, 23 April 2009
Law Council of Australia Media Release, Law Council Sets Standards for Equal Opportunity in the Legal Profession, 20 March 2004
Other Organisations
Victorian Bar, Submission of the Victorian Bar in response to the Inquiry into the Causes of Potential Disadvantage in Relation to Women's Participation in the Workforce, 6 March 2009
Francesca Bartlett, Model advocates or a model for change? The model equal opportunity briefing policy as affirmative action, [2008] MULR 12
Caroline Kirton, Australian Women Lawyers, Explanatory Memorandum to Gender Appearance Survey Information, August 2006
