Lord Woolf is to face questions concerning the role women lawyers will take in implementing civil justice reforms at the third annual Woman Lawyer Conference. The conference, which takes place on 12 April, will explore strategies to enable women lawyers to rise through the ranks of a male-dominated profession. The programme includes workshops, an open forum with Kamlesh Bahl and Laura Cox QC on the panel, and a keynote speech from Roberta C Ramo, past president of the American Bar Association.
The Lawyer Inquiry: Philip Canter
Philip Canter was born in Liverpool on 15 March 1937. He is now head of the criminal department at Liverpool firm Gregory Abrams. What was your first job? When I qualified I set up in partnership with Howard Jackson as Jackson & Canter. What was your first ever salary as a lawyer? £5 per week […]