We are proud to announce the following nominees for the upcoming ACT Women Lawyers Awards. All nominees are of an incredibly high calibre and we know the judging panel will have some very difficult decisions ahead of them.
Winner of the inaugural Woman Lawyer of the Year (Government) Award, Helen Curtis, shares what winning meant to her. We encourage ACT lawyers to nominate themselves, their colleagues, employers and friends before the 31 August deadline. More information on how to nominate is available online.
Women Lawyers Association ACT and ANU Women In Law Organisation invite you to join us for a 'Women in Law Career Panel' on Monday 20 August, from 6:30-7:30pm at ANU.
Our panellists come from a range of backgrounds, and aim to show you that there is no one set path following the completion of a law degree.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT is proud to host the Annual Law Week Dinner, with special guest Azmeena Hussain, Principal at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and a passionate social justice advocate. We thank Maurice Blackburn for their generous sponsorship of this event.
Tickets available for purchase online.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT recently made a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. We encourage you to read our submission, which was informed by the data and results gathered from a recent survey into the nature and prevalence of sexual harassment in legal workplaces in the ACT.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT and Hall & Wilcox are pleased to present a panel discussion in honour of International Women’s Day and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Rorisang Moyo, Winner of the 2018 ACT Woman Lawyer of the Year (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Award), will chair a panel of impressive women lawyers from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
We look forward to you joining us for what will be a very interesting and informative discussion.
WLA ACT sat down with Farzana Choudry, Solicitor and Program Manager at Street Law for #womenlawyersoftheACT. Street Law is a program of Canberra Community Law that provides free and confidential outreach legal service for people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Street Law provides legal advice and casework assistance and connects clients with other services.
Due to popular demand WLA ACT has released further tickets for its first event of the year, a screening of ‘On the Basis of Sex’.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT and Maddocks are proud to present a special event screening of On the Basis of Sex.
On the Basis of Sex tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a ground-breaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
The screening will take place from 5:45pm on Thursday 7 February 2019 at Palace Electric, Nishi Building in New Acton with each ticket to the screening including a glass of wine and a choice between a small popcorn and an ice cream.
Tickets are available for purchase online here.
The Women Lawyers Association of the ACT is preparing a submission for the Australian Human Rights Commission’s National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. To collect data for the submission, we are seeking your assistance in completing a brief survey.
