South Australian Bar Association Member of the Australian Bar Association
The SA Bar Association is committed to promoting gender equity at the Bar in South Australia. The “Women at the Bar” sub-committee was established in 2014 to consider measures that can be adopted by the Association that will:
The first actions adopted by the Bar Council in September 2014, on the recommendation of the Women at the Bar sub-committee, were the introduction of an Unconscious Bias CPD Programme, and the provision of the Silk’s Commitment to engage with leaders of the Bar to commit actively to advancing the equality and diversity at the Bar. The giving of the undertaking is completely voluntary.
A pledge by Silks indicating a personal commitment to equality and diversity including, at a minimum, recommending at least one new woman for a research task or junior brief annually, and to actively support a non-discriminatory workplace culture at the Bar.