International Women’s Day – Legal Practice for Women Lawyers ‘Pledge for Parity’ Presented by Felicity Gerry QC, Barrister London and Darwin Chair RRTC, School of Law, Charles Darwin University, Australia. 1 ‘Pledge for Parity’

What you will gain This one hour CPD offers a unique opportunity to focus on the need for lawyers and the legal profession to develop, maintain and adapt to accommodate and encourage women lawyers. The session aims to highlight the broad range of activities, initiatives and strategies women lawyers and their colleagues can consider to ensure targeted legal practice arrangements and successful professional relationships. Discussion will centre on women friendly goals. The session is aimed at all levels of legal practice for those working in large or small corporate law firms, social justice organisations or as sole practitioners. Topics will include research based information, discussion and suggestions on a range of issues aimed at individuals and organisations including the following: ·Dealing with power and leadership issues Professional development and strategies for professional success ·Day to day management Research, education, training and skills Marketing Work/Life Balance Use of technology Media and social media ·Achievable goals 2

Power and Leadership The Leadership Challenge: Women in Management independence/the-leadership-challenge-women-in-management?HTML#1 independence/the-leadership-challenge-women-in-management?HTML#1 This study was undertaken by Dr Hannah Piterman and initiated through a number of conversations with Geoff Allen, Fergus Ryan and a number of senior executive men and women who agreed to support the study financially and who formed the steering committee. The objective of the study is to explore unconscious and subtle inhibitors to the positive experience and full utilisation of women in executive and management positions. The analysis considers the powerful organisational elements that shape the experiences of women in corporate Australia. The findings will contribute to a wider appreciation of implicit barriers to women's career development and retention, and help organisations engage with the diversity agenda in Australia. Much of the research in this area has focussed onissues of structure and workplace policies such as thoserelating to work life balance, affirmative action in recruit-ing and so on. However, it was felt that the largely hiddenstory was is in the more subtle areas of culture and socialand interpersonal dynamics which affect the quality ofwomen’s experience, and therefore career choices andability to contribute 3

Professional development and strategies for professional success Now, more than ever, women have unlimited potential when it comes to what they can achieve. All it takes is the right attitude, the right plan, the right opportunities and the right tools. Getting it “right” is exactly what this training course is all about. It’s specially designed to give women professionals the powerful information and profound insights that will make a lasting, positive impact on their lives. They’ll spend the day with the most inspiring professional women trainers and network with women who are facing similar professional situations and challenges. site/seminar/topic/Professional-Success-Women site/seminar/topic/Professional-Success-Women 4

Day to day management An 18-Minute Plan for Managing Your Day STEP 1 (5 Minutes) Set Plan for Day. Before turning on your computer, sit down with a blank piece of paper and decide what will make this day highly successful. What can you realistically accomplish that will further your goals and allow you to leave at the end of the day feeling like you’ve been productive and successful? Write those things down. Now, most importantly, take your calendar and schedule those things into time slots, placing the hardest and most important items at the beginning of the day. And by the beginning of the day I mean, if possible, before even checking your . If your entire list does not fit into your calendar, reprioritize your list. There is tremendous power in deciding when and where you are going to do something. In their book The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz describe a study in which a group of women agreed to do a breast self-exam during a period of 30 days. 100% of those who said where and when they were going to do it completed the exam. Only 53% of the others did.The Power of Full Engagement In another study, drug addicts in withdrawal (can you find a more stressed-out population?) agreed to write an essay before 5 p.m. on a certain day. 80% of those who said when and where they would write the essay completed it. None of the others did. If you want to get something done, decide when and where you’re going to do it. Otherwise, take it off your list. STEP 2 (1 minute every hour) Refocus. Set your watch, phone, or computer to ring every hour. When it rings, take a deep breath, look at your list and ask yourself if you spent your last hour productively. Then look at your calendar and deliberately recommit to how you are going to use the next hour. Manage your day hour by hour. Don’t let the hours manage you. STEP 3 (5 minutes) Review. Shut off your computer and review your day. What worked? Where did you focus? Where did you get distracted? What did you learn that will help you be more productive tomorrow? The power of rituals is their predictability. You do the same thing in the same way over and over again. And so the outcome of a ritual is predictable too. If you choose your focus deliberately and wisely and consistently remind yourself of that focus, you will stay focused. It’s simple. This particular ritual may not help you swim the English Channel while towing a cruise ship with your hands tied together. But it may just help you leave the office feeling productive and successful. 5

Research, education, training and skills The Self analysis part! 6

Marketing, Media and Social Media The interactive part 7

Achievable Goals What are yours? Where were you 5 years ago? What did you do to get here? Where are you going? What will you do to get there? What do you need to get there? 8

Work Life Balance Anna Bligh…..increasingly complex questions require diverse groups to solve….. 9

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