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This video recaps the events of the First 100 Years gala celebrated on 26 November at NSW Parliament House. The gala capped off a year of events led by members of the legal profession to recognise the achievements of female lawyers who have pioneered changes to encourage women to practise law. The campaign has been [&hellip...

A new video has been released as part of the First 100 Years Initiative that celebrates the history of women in the law. Supported by Gilbert + Tobin and the Law Society of NSW, the video offers a variety of perspectives from lawyers and law students about women in the law...

BY JANE SOUTHWARD The Chief Justice of the High Court, Susan Kiefel AC, joined members of the First 100 Years of Women in Law initiative for a tour of the Archibald exhibition at the NSW Art Gallery on 17 August. Chief Justice Kiefel is the first woman to serve as Chief Justice and has held [&hellip...

JANE SOUTHWARD met Denis-Smith in London to talk about the First 100 Years initiative and her passion for a new approach to working in law. Dana Denis-Smith can pick her timing. Just weeks after she launched her new legal business in 2010 with £500 of her own money to market it, she discovered she...

A portrait of the first woman Chief Justice of the High Court, the Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC, has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious 2018 Archibald competition at the Art Gallery of NSW. The portrait was commission by the team behind the First 100 Years campaign, an initiative in affiliation with [&hellip...

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The current legal market is one in which law firms big and small are seeking to disrupt and innovate in order to prove their relevance. So why is it that a strong and thick glass ceiling still exists for women as they rise through the ranks of their respective law firms? And why is it that...

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The LexisNexis Legal Awards 2018 were announced on Thursday 15 March 2018 and we are proud to report that Obelisk Support CEO and First 100 Years founder, Dana Denis-Smith, is Legal Personality of the Year 2018. Read the article...

BY JANE SOUTHWARD A new initiative is bringing together lawyers to celebrate how far women have come in the legal profession since the Women’s Legal Status Act was passed in November 1918, allowing women to practise as lawyers in NSW. Rachel Scanlon, a lawyer who works in financial services, is leading the First 100 Years...