Women in Law: Can I Have it All?
Issues covered include:Practice management, career progression, leadership roles, law bubble, work/life balance
Description
There is an urgent need to acknowledge and identify critical and important issues for you and your career as a woman in law. Act now, don’t wait. Enhance and embrace your aspirations for you and your career. Hear how to have a long and successful career in the law while balancing the demands of a home life and making the most of all opportunities as they come your way. Think about your career – what do you want, and how will you achieve it?
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Practice Management or Business Skills
Chair: Michelle Barnes, Barrister, Len King Chambers
9.10am to 10.10am: Practice Management and Career Progression
- Goal setting
- Working to your strengths
Presented by Dr Rachael Gray QC, Victoria Square Chambers; Leading Wills and Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.10am to 11.00am: Women in Leadership Roles
- Leading a team
- The value of having a mentor(s) and being a mentor
- Taking responsibility
- Leading by example
- The importance of failure
- Being honest and transparent
Presented by Lucy Boord, Senior Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
11.10am to 11.25am Morning Tea
11.25am to 12.15pm: Stepping Outside the ‘Law Bubble’: Career Benefits from Experiences &Opportunities Outside your ‘Day Job’
- Exploring the value of diversity in the workplace
- Transferability of skills
- Adaptability from other careers including previous legal roles
- Contributing to the profession and the community
- Pro bono activities
- Mentoring
- Professional reputation and ethical conduct
Presented by Jillian Smith, Senior Solicitor, Crown Solicitor’s Office
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Can you Have it All? Dissecting the Reality of Work/Life Balance
- Developing your plan, making it work and being flexible for changes in life circumstances including career changes and family
- Navigating the challenges faced by women in the 21st century in the legal profession
- How to develop strategies in order to progress at work and be present for your family
- Stress, mental health, and building emotional resilience
- Addressing the work/life balance for men and women: Is there a different burden across genders?
Moderator: Michelle Barnes, Barrister, Len King Chambers
Panellists:
Stephen Kenny, Director, Camatta Lempens
Megan Dyson, Principal, Megan Dyson Law and Policy
Venue
Stamford Plaza Adelaide Hotel
Level 2, 150 North Terrace
Adelaide 5000
SA
Australia