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Are we there yet? Women, the law, and not looking away
2026 Flos Greig Lecture
Thursday 29 October, 2026
6:00pm - 7:00pm
More than 120 years after Flos Greig became the first woman admitted to legal practice in Australia, women have entered every level of the profession. Yet formal inclusion has not always made progress inevitable. What happens when gains show signs of retreat?
In this lecture, Fiona McLeod AO SC of the Vic Bar asks what equality before and within the law really looks like, and whether formal access to institutions is enough. From the experiences of Australia’s earliest women lawyers to continuing inequality in the profession, reproductive rights, and the failures of justice systems to protect the vulnerable.
She draws on an extensive career in advocacy, law reform, and pro-bono human rights matters to call for lawyers and the society they serve, to remain informed, active, and not to look away from the uncomfortable stories that move us.
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