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Catching Up….Women & The Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power Symposium

May 2nd

Posted by Sonia Lawrence in What we're thinking/reading/doing (IFLS blog)

Twitter is a tricky thing.  I just love it, but I think that’s because I’m lazy.  I mean, who really follows twitter anyway?  No, lots of people do, but many don’t and I suspect won’t.   Although of course if you follow the IFLS through FB you get the posts AND the tweets.  And some things from twitter don’t need more attention, for instance:

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CFP: Gender and the legal profession’s pipeline to power (Deadline November 15; Conference April 12, 13 2012)

Sep 26th

Posted by Sonia Lawrence in Calls for...

The glass ceiling may be shattered but the legal profession’s pipeline to power remains elusive for most women. What can be done?

 

Click here for Confer ence Website

This conference hosted by Michigan State College of Law looks interesting and timely. They are inviting proposals from:

individuals across disciplines who are interested in contributing to this conversation by speaking on a panel at the symposium. We especially encourage proposals from junior scholars and new voices who are focusing their work on the issues that will be explored through this event. Submissions must include a title and abstract of no more than 1,000 words, More >

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Canadian Lawyer Mag lists the top 25 most influential lawyers: department of predictability

Aug 4th

Posted by Sonia Lawrence in Commentary

So, Canadian Lawyer has provided law geeks across the country with something to argue about.  Anything to increase readership, right? On that front, at least, we agree.

Here’s my take (there are also regional takes, of course, including a sharply worded critique from a Quebec lawyer who was on the judging panel): The list includes 4 women (the Chief Justice, at the top of the list, Justice Abella, Sheila Block and Marlys Edwardh), one person of colour (Julian Falconer), as far as my knowledge goes, and (again, as far as I know) no Indigenous lawyers.  lawyers with disabilities. (i More >

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Documenting the Race and Gender Pay Gap in the Ontario Legal Profession

Jul 31st

Posted by Sonia Lawrence in News

This Law Society of Upper Canada report is based on the 2006 Census, including the 6400 lawyers who filled out the Long Form Census. Click here for the full report..  Ornstein (based at York University’s Institute for Social Research) documents the gender gap in earnings and the “much larger” difference between the earnings of racialized lawyers and White lawyers.  And apparently the gender gap in earnings isn’t decreasing anymore. There’s much more in the report.   (more…)