Lawyers call for women barristers to be briefed in 30 per cent of cases by 2020

By Jane Lee
Updated June 24 2016 - 3:13pm, first published 11:26am
Australian Bar Association president Fiona McLeod, SC, says the bar is among the worst professions for unequal pay. Photo: Roger Cummins
Australian Bar Association president Fiona McLeod, SC, says the bar is among the worst professions for unequal pay. Photo: Roger Cummins

Australia's peak lawyer group is calling on government agencies and company lawyers to raise the number of women barristers they brief to represent them in court to narrow the gender gap at the bar.

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