ABSTRACT This article reports on the findings of a pilot research project investigating current best practices, operating within national law firms in Australia, that support women lawyers in their advancement to partnership and other leadership positions. Academic research and professional body reports suggest that current diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives across the private sector are not resulting in significant change to advancement, retention and attrition of women in the legal profession. However, work done by the Women Lawyers’ Association of New South Wales in Australia, through the Data Comparison Project (DCP), indicates that some firms have made better progress than others. Building on the DCP, this article presents the findings of a pilot project involving in-depth interviews with four of the top-achieving national law firms in Australia on gender equity criteria. It finds that these firms are collectively engaging with many of the best practice initiatives for D&I recommended by the current national and international research and scholarship, and in some instances go beyond international best practice. What is apparent, however, is that the current best practices have yet to achieve significant advancement of women, or to break through the glass ceilings that continue to operate for women in large Australian law firms.

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我们到了吗？澳大利亚实现多元化和包容性的最佳做法

摘要本文报道了一项试点研究项目的结果，该项目研究了澳大利亚国家律师事务所内部运作的当前最佳实践，该实践支持女律师晋升为合伙人和其他领导职务。学术研究和专业机构报告表明，当前私营部门的多元化和包容性（D＆I）计划并未对法律职业中女性的晋升，保留和减员产生重大变化。但是，澳大利亚新南威尔士州女律师协会通过数据比较项目（DCP）所做的工作表明，一些公司取得了比其他公司更好的进步。建立在DCP上，本文介绍了一个试点项目的结果，该项目涉及就性别平等标准与澳大利亚四家最杰出的国家律师事务所进行了深入访谈。研究发现，这些公司正在集体参与当前国内和国际研究与奖学金建议的许多D＆I最佳实践计划，并且在某些情况下还超越了国际最佳实践。然而，显而易见的是，目前的最佳做法尚未使女性获得显着的进步，或突破了大型澳大利亚律师事务所为女性继续使用的玻璃天花板。我根据当前的国家和国际研究与奖学金来推荐，并且在某些情况下超越了国际最佳实践。然而，显而易见的是，目前的最佳做法尚未使女性获得显着的进步，或突破了大型澳大利亚律师事务所为女性继续使用的玻璃天花板。我根据当前的国家和国际研究与奖学金来推荐，并且在某些情况下超越了国际最佳实践。然而，显而易见的是，目前的最佳做法尚未使女性获得显着的进步，或突破了大型澳大利亚律师事务所为女性继续使用的玻璃天花板。