Women’s Network

A club run by students at ULaw for discussions which intend to bring consciousness and debate to gender disparity in the workplace. All views are our own.

[Dana Denis-Smith OBE @ddenissmith]

100 years in 2019 feels both a short & a long time;professional bodies across the UK have only had their first female presidents in the last 20 yrs or so,when women were already majority of law school graduates and nearly 50% of practicing lawyers; shocking for representation

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Climate change is here + we’ve got a deadline: 12 years left to cut emissions in half.

A #GreenNewDeal is our plan for a world and a future worth fighting for.

How did we get here?
What is at stake?
And where are we going?

Please watch & share widely ⬇️

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

(YouTube version with captions here: https://t.co/qMpDYSZt3g)

[Dana Denis-Smith OBE @ddenissmith]

What a pleasure to introduce our work @First100years at this amazing conference in Glasgow. #womeninlaw #100Voicesfor100Years #first100years

[= Next 100 Years @First100years]

Baroness Hale @UofGLaw : “congratulations to Scotland for having the first woman solicitor in Madge Anderson in 1920”. What an enthusiastic and positive talk and wonderful to have her give such positive remarks about our work @First100years

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Upskirting is finally a criminal offence! ⠀
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BBC article about how Gina Martin campaigned and succeeded to make upskirting a criminal offence: ⠀

“Ms Martin, 27, was waiting to watch… https://t.co/At8wxDXunW

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

@stylistmagazine article by Moya Crockett ⠀
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“A British judge has been fiercely criticised for saying that men have a “fundamental human right” to have sex with their wives.⠀

Mr… https://t.co/BhflWpuC7C

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Guardian article by Simon Murphy⠀
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“Anti-abortion protesters are harassing vulnerable women at UK clinics as they ramp up demonstrations for Lent and are giving out leaflets suggesting… https://t.co/RjCRnCVkxT

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Linklaters have launched a second round of their Reverse Mentoring Scheme - such a genius idea in the first place and very cool to see that the pilot scheme saw success. ⠀

“Following… https://t.co/tj3UgR0ymL

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Paulina Slezeviciute, Social Secretary⠀
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Paulina studied Politics and International Relations at the University of Bath. Her degree included a year-long placement, during which she… https://t.co/Ww4qujp1pu

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Atusa Tehrani, Communications Officer⠀
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Shortly after studying Journalism and Communication at Middlesex University, Atusa embarked on a career in property sales in Canary Wharf.… https://t.co/YguyZUCaFT

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

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Phoebe Boswall, Publicity Officer⠀⠀
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Phoebe studied Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh, which included a year abroad in Taipei at language school iclp. She interned at… https://t.co/oVdwJPszcf

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

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Phoebe Boswall, Publicity Officer⠀
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Phoebe studied Chinese Studies at the University of Edinburgh, which included a year abroad in Taipei at language school iclp_ntu . She interned at… https://t.co/M9d51xERNc

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Kate Byrstryk, Secretary ⠀
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Kate studied law at Lancaster University, with a year abroad in the Netherlands. She also holds an LLM in Corporate Law from UCL. During her studies, she has… https://t.co/6fLc0beRmA

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Lucia studied Law at the University of Cambridge. Alongside her studies, she was President of the Cambridge University Law Society (@camlawsoc ), represented the university in the varsity… https://t.co/ze8Y2nQLl6

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Samantha Smith, Treasurer⠀
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Sammie studied Criminology at the University of Sussex before completing the GDL at ULaw’s Moorgate campus. Sammie is now completing the LPC with LLM.… https://t.co/PVzY6J3n0L

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Letty Morris, Communications Officer⠀ ⠀⠀
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Letty studied Anthropology at Edinburgh Uni, with a year abroad Down Unda’ in Brisbane, Australia. Currently, she’s doing the GDL at Ulaw… https://t.co/bEoeyLpiLU

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Letty Morris, Communications Officer⠀
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Letty studied Anthropology at Edinburgh Uni, with a year abroad Down Unda’ in Brisbane, Australia. Currently, she’s doing the GDL at Ulaw… https://t.co/vSsAIQo4ab

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

Meet the Committee: ⠀
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Caroline ‘Cally’ Brosnan – Vice President ⠀
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Cally studied English and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Alongside her studies, Cally represented her… https://t.co/wqTssoXAe8

[Women’s Network @ULWomensNetwork]

“Linklaters and Clifford Chance latest firms to pay for gender reassignment surgery”⠀
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Article from @legalcheek⠀
By Polly Botsford⠀
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“Both magic circlers, Linklaters and Clifford… https://t.co/hjJZJ3zuar