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Snapshot of the Profession
New Zealand Law Society, December 2022
NZLS Gender Equality Charter Survey Results 2021
New Zealand Law Society, November 2022
Auckland Women Lawyers Association Parental Leave Entitlements Survey 2022
Auckland Women Lawyers Association, July 2022
New Zealand behind world on gender pay gap reporting
RNZ, June 2022
Women at Work: Global Outlook 2022 (survey results following up on inaugural Women@Work report)
Deloitte , 2021 and 2022
Snapshot of the Profession
New Zealand Law Society, December 2021
Snapshot of the Profession
New Zealand Law Society, June 2020
Snapshot of the Profession
New Zealand Law Society, March 2019
Few large law firm leaders are women
New Zealand Law Society, December 2018
Parenthood and Labour Market Outcomes
Ministry for Women, May 2018
Snapshot of the Profession
New Zealand Law Society, March 2018
Wage progression and the gender pay gap: the causal impact of hours of work
UK Institute for Fiscal Studies, February 2018
Delivering through Diversity
McKinsey, January 2018
Women Matter: Ten years of Insight on Gender Diversity
McKinsey, October 2017
Flexible and Part Time Work Arrangements in the Canterbury Legal Profession
University of Canterbury Socio-Legal Research Group for the Canterbury Women’s Legal Association, July 2017
Valuing our lawyers: the untapped value of flexible working in the New Zealand legal profession
Sarah Taylor, ILANZ scholarship report, May 2017
Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap
Ministry for Women, March 2017
What drives the gender wage gap?
Motu (Economic and Public Policy Research), 2017
Working Towards Gender Diversity in NZ Law Firms: Four practical approaches to achieving change.
NZLS CLE Ltd and the New Zealand Law Society, 2016
Charge out rates for lawyers in law firms
New Zealand Law Society, July 2016
Women and the Legal Profession
New Zealand Law Society, November 2015
National Attrition and Re-engagement Study (NARS)
Law Council of Australia, 2014
Women's Career Progression in Auckland Law Firms: Views from the Top, Views from Below
Gender and Diversity Research Group, AUT University for the Auckland Women Lawyers' Association, 2014
Why diversity matters
Catalyst, July 2013
Report of the Second Working Party on Women in the Legal Profession
Auckland District Law Society, April 1989
Women in the Profession
Wellington District Law Society, September 1983
Report of the Working Party on Women in the Legal Profession
Auckland District Law Society, December 1981