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A Cultural Challenge For The Western Australian Legal Profession: A Lack Of Diversity At The Wa Bar?, Jill Howieson, Tomas W. Fitzgerald
A Cultural Challenge For The Western Australian Legal Profession: A Lack Of Diversity At The Wa Bar?, Jill Howieson, Tomas W. Fitzgerald
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At the request of the Western Australian Bar Association, the authors undertook a study into issues of diversity at the Western Australian Bar. Members of the Association had noticed, but not specifically studied, various demographic imbalances in the Bar’s constitution. A review of the literature revealed that there was a paucity of statistical analysis of the makeup of Australian barrister associations generally, let alone into any specific reasons as to how and why a demographic imbalance might exist. Recognising that a clearer picture of the breakdown of the demographics of the Western Australian legal profession and of the specific cultures …