History of Women Lawyers

Milestones

[Kim Rubenstein @Rubenstein_Kim1]

Ie the Launch of the Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law - https://t.co/C7fLGLEAEN

[Monidipa Fouzder @MonidipaFouzder]

About to see history in the making: Dame Victoria Sharp DBE being sworn in as the first woman president of the Queen's Bench Division. #womeninlaw

[High Court (Australia) Trivia @HighCourtTrivia]

" I have very happy memories of the [ Uni of Qld ] law faculty housed in that magnificent sandstone quadrangle, even if in those days, due to the relative scarcity of women law students, the facilities for the women students were located downstairs in the Russian department. "

[= Next 100 Years @First100years]

FIRST on your Christmas list! 📕 We are delighted to announce we are releasing our book! Baroness Kennedy calls this book "a vital and stunning piece of our history...Brilliant!" Get your copies by emailing [email protected]
https://t.co/TruDiciOIx #first #herlegalhistory

[Jen Robinson @suigenerisjen]

Huge congratulations @HWistrich @centreWJ @gardencourtlaw. Brilliant women achieving brilliant and necessary outcomes for women in our justice system. On why we need more #womeninlaw #SallyChallen @First100years

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

"... in Court. Although in attendance, Dame Roma Mitchell’s presence was not recorded in the official list of dignitaries in the transcript " of the High Court Swearing-in Ceremony for Mason CJ, Toohey and Gaudron JJ , 6 February 1987. Heather Roberts
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[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

" Among the gathering of legal dignitaries named in the transcript, including 15 former and currently serving Australian judges, eight Solicitors-General, 11 presidents of representative legal associations and 39 Queen’s Counsel, Gaudron was recorded as the only woman present ...

[Dr Judith Bourne @1919lawpioneers]

Betty Archdale collected stones for her mother to break windows with and visited her suffragette mother in gaol #firstwomenlawyers @Russboy11 @OliverFisherS @YourStMarys #Australia Another pioneer Australian woman barrister called to the Bar in England and Wales 1937

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

Lecture given in London last week. Betty Archdale. Called to the English bar in 1938. Goddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. Cricketer in London. Educator in Sydney.

[Dr Judith Bourne @1919lawpioneers]

Australia night tonight #australia #firstwomenlawyers Auvergne Doherty and Betty Archdale. Doherty was the first woman from the Empire to be called to the Bar of England and Wales. Australia needs to recognise and commemorate these pioneer woman @Russboy11 @YourStMarys

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

lecture given in London about Australian barrister Auvergne Doherty

[Dr Charlotte Coleman @HersandHistory]

Excited to speaking about Auvergne Doherty, the first woman from the Commonwealth admitted to an Inn of Court (@middletemple), at the public lecture series tonight. Thanks to Oliver Fisher Solicitors for sponsoring the event and @1919lawpioneers for organising. @YourStMarys

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

" ... The report also noted that ‘at present every judge in Sydney is opposed to her admission’ ”. Justice Virginia Bell

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[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

“ In its report of Ada Evans's graduation ceremony [ the first Australian woman to obtain a law degree ] , the Australasian noted ‘[ the Dean] could not
conceal his disapproval as he introduced the interesting-looking girl
to the Chancellor, who smiled pleasantly’ … "

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

“… ‘ not even Lionel would have done such a thing’ ". https://t.co/mdAfMnhOOu

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

Gaudron J " I informed my colleagues [ in 1989 ] that I would be speaking to a gathering of women lawyers in Perth. It might have been better if I'd started dancing the Can-Can. It was clearly inappropriate for me to attend, much less speak at such a gathering; there was no need

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

“… for women to have separate professional organisations; there was no discrimination in the legal profession; in any event, I was being discriminatory by attending and, by way of final judgment on the ignominy of what I was about to do …

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

" [ 1923 ] signed the Victorian Bar roll, becoming the first woman in the State to do so".

[History of Women Lawyers @WomenInLawAus]

Joan Rosanove " was formally admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor on 2 June 1919; her registration had been delayed to enable returned servicemen to complete their degrees and add 'gravitas' to the ceremony ... "

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