sexual harassment

• Bystander training needed in legal profession to help prevent harassment

  23rd Oct 2020

  Ensuring all lawyers have the skills and confidence to call out sexual harassment even when it does not directly impact them will reduce the incidence of harassment and bullying in the legal profession, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA), as the organisation launches its new gender equality policy today.

• Complaints show more work needed in legal profession to address sexual harassment

  23rd Jun 2020

  The Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) welcomes the High Court of Australia’s announcement that it will immediately strengthen its policies and training to prevent incidents of sexual harassment, following an investigation upholding complaints against former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon.

• Power to Prevent: Urgent Actions Needed to Stop Sexual Harassment at Work

  28th Feb 2019

  Together with 100 other organisations we’ve made a joint submission to the Australian Human Rights inquiry into sexual harassment calling for urgent reforms to end sexual harassment in the workplace.

• Sexual harassment in the legal profession

  5th Apr 2018

  Adrienne Morton explores the prevalence of sexual harassment in the legal profession, and the ways in which it could and should be addressed going forward.