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The first (9 pages) discusses the number of and restrictions against women in law in Australia, where women lawyers earn less than their male counterparts and are much less likely to become firm partners than men, even though 59 percent of Australia's current law graduates are women. The remainder of the paper discusses the plight of refugee women. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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schools have not met the needs of women students. In many respects law school is as much a test of personal perseverance and
determination as it is a place to study law. Even so, women appear to face greater challenges than men. In helping women meet those additional challenges, law schools
could take several actions that could help to "level the playing field" for women. Among them are: * Acknowledging womens busier personal lives, particularly in the first year (McIntosh,
Reifman, Keywell and Ellsworth, 1994); * Offering flexible schedules reflective of womens greater personal responsibilities; and * Providing active placement assistance. It appears
that there is nothing new about women experiencing greater stress in law school than men. Anabel Dean (2006) reports on the history of the law school at the University
of Sydney, providing background on the school and its relationship with women. Technically established in 1855, it was not until 1890 that a school actually came into existence to
begin to train people in the law and its practice. For nearly a century, the legal profession in Australia (as well as in other developed countries) was the realm
of men only. It was not until 1987 - nearly 100 years after the schools emergence as a school and well over 100 years after its founding - that
"Justice Mary Gaudron became the first woman elevated to the High Court" (Dean, 2006). Certainly Justice Gaudron had been active in the legal profession prior to her appointment to
the Court, but those preceding her also found difficulty in gaining access to the legal profession in the same way as their male counterparts.
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