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Woman's Hour: Women in Law. One hundred years of women being able to enter the legal profession.

23/12/2019

Women in Law. One hundred years of women being able to enter the legal profession.

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Women in Law. The First 100 years with Cherie Booth QC

Women in law. The First 100 Years. Cherie Booth QC  and a panel of women working in the  profession discuss what it's like now and what needs to change.

We mark the  centenary of women being able to enter the legal profession. 

Cherie Booth QC,  Dana Denis-Smith founder of the First 100 years,  Abi Silver a former associate at a city law firm and now a legal consultant, Beth Collette who's a  barrister in her second year of tenancy  talk about what it's like for women in the profession now - how far we've come and what more needs to be done.

Mari Takayanagi  a Senior Archivist at the Houses of Parliament  tells us about the The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 and the changes it brought in and the pioneering women who worked so hard to open up the profession to women.

Plus we look at  what it's like to be a female magistrate We hear from former magistrate Katherine McMahon and Jacqui MacDonald who's currently serving as a magistrate  in the Central and North London area as well as being Trustee at Magistrates Association


Presenter Andrea Catherwood
Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest;   Cherie Booth QC 
Guest;   Dana Denis-Smith
Guest;   Abi Silver 
Guest;   Beth Collette
Guest;   Mari Takayanagi
Guest;   Katherine McMahon 
Guest ;  Jacqui MacDonald

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