Objectives
This Working Group is led by The Brazilian Bar and the Union Internationale des Avocats.
It is focused on achieving equality female lawyers and encouraging law societies to actively support equality in the legal profession and promote greater participation and leadership of women in the profession. It also aims to breakdown women’s invisibility by supporting efforts to record and highlight women’s history and contribution to the legal profession.
Some of the Working Group’s objectives include generating quantitative and qualitative data and research projects to continue building the business case of women in the profession as well as creating best practices; and actively supporting the creation of women’s division and/or gender equality committees in law societies and bar associations.
Members
Bruno Barata
Representative of the National Brazilian Bar Association
Elisabeth Sioufi
President of the Union Internationale des Avocates Women’s Committee
Activities and Events
Documents
- The Law Society – Practical toolkit for Women in Law (English)
- The Law Society – Practical toolkit for Women in Law (Spanish)
- Advocating for change: International Women in Law toolkit
- Women in Law pledge: a commitment for gender equality across the legal profession
- Law Society Women in Law infographic
- Women in Law literature review for the Law Society of England and Wales
- Men’s roundtable report
- Women in Leadership in Law – Roundtable facilitator guidance
- Women in Leadership in Law toolkit
- The Law Society – Analysis and proposals of women in the legal sector to promote gender equality in Guatemala (English)
- The Law Society – Analysis and proposals of women in the legal sector to promote gender equality in Guatemala (Spanish)
- Law Society / Barcelona Bar Association Catalonia Women in Law report (Catalonian)
- Law Society / Barcelona Bar Association Catalonia Women in Law report (Spanish)
- Law Society / Barcelona Bar Association Catalonia Women in Law report (English)
