Overview
Eighteen female lawyers—some with highly successful careers behind them, some just starting out—reflect on their hopes, challenges, triumphs, and, sometimes, regrets. Creating a Seat at the Table is an edited collection that compiles the experiences of eighteen women as they navigate their way through the male-dominated spaces of law school and the legal profession. Hear from women from different generations and areas of the law—big and small law firms, legal aid, government and politics, the judiciary, in-house positions, administrative agencies. The authors discuss a multitude of issues they’ve faced in their careers, including the compound effects of discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, or disability as well as gender. The stories presented here are inspirational at times and discomforting at others. Creating a Seat at the Table shows that much has been done to advance women in law but also highlights that much remains to be done.
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Author: Beth Bilson , Leah Howie , Brea Lowenberger , Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Imprint: University of Regina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.30cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780889779419
ISBN 10: 0889779414
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 07 October 2023
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Foreword The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, pc, cc Introduction Beth Bilson, kc—1977 llb; Leah Howie—2008 llb; and Brea Lowenberger—2014 jd It’s Never Too Late to Be Who You Might Have Been Adrienne Forgeron—2007 jd VTrying to Change the Course of the Queen Mary with Oars Alma Wiebe, kc—1978 llb Instead, I Just Kept Driving Amelia Lowe-Muller—2015 jd See Something? Say Something Breanna Needham—2015 jd Never Use Other Women for Kindling Brooke Johnson—2016 jd The Yin and Yang of Legal Practice Christine J. Glazer, kc—1980 llb The Other Side Courtenay Phillips—2008 llb You Have to Stand for Something The Honourable Georgina Jackson—1976 llb A Humanist View Gwen J. Gray, kc, ba(USask), llb (USask), llm (Cornell) I Did a Lot of Reading at the Hockey Rink Jessie Buydens—2006 llb, 2008 llm An Unhappy Compromise Julia Quigley—2017 jd The Poster Kate Bilson—2000 llb Dress for the Weather Kath Starks—2019 jd Why Do You Do Anything when You’re Twenty? Merrilee Rasmussen, kc—1973 llb Think (Much) Bigger The Honourable Michele H. Hollins—1992 llb To the Gentleman’s Credit, He Was Mortified Nicole Sarauer—2009 jd Leading the Way: A Call to the Next Generation of Indigenous Women Senator Yvonne Boyer—1996 llb Dear Mom Yvonne Peters—1988 llb Afterword Beth Bilson, Leah Howie, and Brea Lowenberger Acknowledgements
Reviews
""A beautifully written reminder to take up space, ask for help, and honour yourself."" —Hannah Jorgenson, J.D. Candidate, 2024, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
Author Information
Beth Bilson has been a faculty member in the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan since 1979 and has held a number of administrative positions, including Dean of Law, Dean of Education, and University Secretary. Leah Howie graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2008. She is currently director of the Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan and a sessional lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. Brea Lowenberger is Saskatchewan’s Access to Justice coordinator, a sessional lecturer for the Dean’s Forum on Access to Justice and Dispute Resolution course at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, and the co-founder and director of CREATE Justice, an action-oriented access to justice research centre at the University of Saskatchewan that is working on transforming legal and justice services and the removal of systemic barriers to justice.
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