Occupations
This online exhibition illustrates that a law degree is a doorway to many occupations.
You can read about those women who have used their law degrees and life experiences to become academics, advocates, advisors, authors, barristers, community activists, government lawyers, in-house counsel, international legal advocates, journalists, judges, jurists, magistrates, parliamentary drafters, policy makers, politicians, solicitors, and tribunal members .
Two of them have particular trailblazing insignia – Governor-General and Prime Minister.
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- Aboriginal spokesperson
- Academic
- Activist
- Actor
- Administrator
- Advisor
- Advocate
- Alderman
- Arbitration commissioner
- Arbitrator
- Army officer
- Arts administrator
- Attorney
- Attorney General
- Author
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- Café owner
- Chairperson
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Judge
- Chief Justice
- Chief Magistrate
- Chief of Staff
- Chief Operating Officer
- Child welfare advocate
- Civil libertarian
- Commissioner
- Communist
- Community activist
- Community leader
- Community worker
- Conservationist
- Consultant
- Coroner
- Councillor
- Criminologist
- Crown Prosecutor
- Crown Solicitor
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- Editor
- Educator
- Electoral campaign manager
- Electorate officer
- Entrepreneur
- Environmentalist
- Executive
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- Indexer
- Indigenous activist
- Indigenous legal project officer
- Industrial officer
- In-House Counsel
- International arbitrator
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- Law clerk
- Lawyer
- Lecturer
- Legal academic
- Legal advisor
- Legal editor
- Legal officer
- Legal practitioner
- Legal reporter
- Legal writer
- Librarian
- Lieutenant-Governor
- Litigator
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- Pacifist
- Parliamentarian
- Parliamentary Counsel
- Partner
- Pharmacist
- Philanthropist
- Photographer
- Pilot
- Playwright
- Poet
- Policy advisor
- Political advisor
- Political candidate
- Political party organiser
- Politician
- President
- Prime Minister
- Print journalist
- Producer
- Professor
- Property developer
- Public defender
- Public education advocate
- Public servant
- Public speaker