Australia night tonight #australia #firstwomenlawyers Auvergne Doherty and Betty Archdale. Doherty was the first woman from the Empire to be called to the Bar of England and Wales. Australia needs to recognise and commemorate these pioneer woman Russell Conway💙 St Mary's University

Betty Archdale collected stones for her mother to break windows with and visited her suffragette mother in gaol #firstwomenlawyers Russell Conway💙 Oliver Fisher St Mary's University #Australia Another pioneer Australian woman barrister called to the Bar in England and Wales 1937

lecture given in London about Australian barrister Auvergne Doherty

Lecture given in London last week. Betty Archdale. Called to the English bar in 1938. Goddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. Cricketer in London. Educator in Sydney.

Huge congratulations Harriet Wistrich Centre for Women's Justice Garden Court Chambers. Brilliant women achieving brilliant and necessary outcomes for women in our justice system. On why we need more #womeninlaw #SallyChallen = Next 100 Years

FIRST on your Christmas list! 📕 We are delighted to announce we are releasing our book! Baroness Kennedy calls this book "a vital and stunning piece of our history...Brilliant!" Get your copies by emailing [email protected] mailchi.mp/first100years/… #first #herlegalhistory

" I have very happy memories of the [ Uni of Qld ] law faculty housed in that magnificent sandstone quadrangle, even if in those days, due to the relative scarcity of women law students, the facilities for the women students were located downstairs in the Russian department. "

About to see history in the making: Dame Victoria Sharp DBE being sworn in as the first woman president of the Queen's Bench Division. #womeninlaw

Ie the Launch of the Research Handbook on Feminist Engagement with International Law - e-elgar.com/shop/research-…