The project hopes to produce a solutions-focused report from community feedback
A group of concerned women in the legal profession has launched the “Gender in the Legal Profession” project.
The project aims to engage people involved in the legal community in New Zealand to tackle sexual harassment, bullying, and gender equality. The project hopes to produce a solutions-focused report from the feedback gathered.
“Many of the issues in the profession have already been discussed or addressed by other initiatives, with possible solutions being formulated at the firm or Law Society level. This is important work, but we believe that everyone involved with the legal profession has important ideas for how the profession can change,” the group said in a statement.
The women behind this in-depth project are from the New Zealand Women's Law Journal -- Te Aho Kawe Kaupapa Ture a ngā Wāhine, as well as the Auckland, Wellington, and Otago Women Lawyers' Associations. The project is not affiliated with any particular organisation or sector of the profession.
“Our hope is to encourage free and critical engagement with the issues,” they said.
Participation is open to lawyers, non-legal support staff, law students, academics and non-practicing lawyers.
The community can contribute ideas in workshops that will be conducted in Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, or Wellington. The Auckland workshops will be held at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law on 11, 14, and 16 August.
Anonymous or named comments are also being received via the website at GenderLawReport.co.nz, Thoughts can also be emailed to [email protected].
