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Reporting sexual harassment within the Australian legal profession

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: On 1 April 2022, the Law Council of Australia’s amendments to the Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors’ Conduct Rules 2015 came into effect. These amendments sought to expand the scope of Rule 42, which prevents solicitors from engaging in conduct that constitutes sexual harassment. However, in practice this amendment may have limited effect given the ‘reasonable grounds’ requirement, the lack of deterrence achieved by orders and, most importantly, underutilisation due to underreporting. The article poses ideas to increase reporting.

Source: Alternative Law Journal

DOI: 10.1177/1037969x241289499

Author: Olivia Williams

Language: English

Topic: Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4403217806

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