Gender Equality in the Legal Profession: Maintaining the momentum for change
Dr Victoria McCloud (a part time CSLS DPhil student) was a panellist at the first of King’s College London's series of lectures on Gender Equality in the Legal Profession on 28 January 2020. The details are below:
Gender Equality in the Legal Profession: Maintaining the momentum for change
In the first discussion of this year’s lecture series, distinguished and highly successful panel members talk candidly about gender equality in the legal profession today, some of the lessons they learnt in their own personal paths to the top of the legal profession and future challenges and opportunities for the profession in terms of maintaining the momentum for change.
For this highly relevant and important debate, the panel will be comprised of:
- Master Jennifer James (the first ever female Costs Judge/Taxing Master at RCJ and now also a Costs Officer sitting as required in the Supreme Court)
- Dr Victoria McCloud (the youngest ever and second female Master of the Senior Courts, Queen's Bench Division, Deputy Costs Judge/Taxing Master and ad hoc acting Admiralty Registrar)
- Lynne Townley (Chair of the Association of Women Barristers, criminal barrister, a senior policy advisor, author and lecturer)
- Christina Blacklaws (former President of the Law Society with 25 years’ experience as a children and family solicitor and mediator)
- Penny Miller (Partner at Simmons & Simmons LLP, Financial Services Regulation Practice).