Episodes

  • The Tenth Decade: 2009-2019

    The Tenth Decade: 2009-2019
    Nov 4 2019
    Taking Stock: Progress and Next Steps In this final episode of the series, we discuss what has been learnt by uncovering the stories of women in law and the light it sheds on current barriers to progress for women. The experience of women lawyers in public leadership roles, and what diversity means in achieving full […]
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    58 mins
  • The Ninth Decade: 1999 – 2009

    The Ninth Decade: 1999 – 2009
    Sep 17 2019
    The Leaky Pipeline This a special live recorded episode of the podcast. To set the scene for this 9th episode we’ve reached the decade of the 2000’s. This first decade of the new millennium saw global financial instability and the credit crunch which sent profound shockwaves through the UK economy, and resulted in many redundancies […]
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    59 mins
  • The Eighth Decade: 1989 – 1999

    The Eighth Decade: 1989 – 1999
    Aug 19 2019
    Widening the Pool The 1990’s saw the end of the economic boom and in the recession that followed career prospects in the legal sector became more uncertain for solicitors, both at the junior and senior end. Throughout the decade women began to play a greater role in public life. In 1994 the Church of England […]
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    58 mins
  • The Seventh Decade: 1979-1989

    The Seventh Decade: 1979-1989
    Jul 18 2019
    Rising to the Top The 1980s were characterised by the premiership of Margaret Thatcher as the UK’s first woman Prime Minister. It was one which saw the Falkland’s War in 1982, prolonged and bitter trade union strikes, the right to buy policy on state home ownership, the privatization of nationalised industries and the de-regulation of […]
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    52 mins
  • The Sixth Decade: 1969 – 1979

    The Sixth Decade: 1969 – 1979
    Jun 18 2019
    Sex Discrimination Act: Equality in name? Discussing discrimination and the impact of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. What was the experience of discrimination in the professions? To what extent did things change following the passing of the Act?
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Fifth Decade: 1959 – 1969

    The Fifth Decade: 1959 – 1969
    May 17 2019
    My Lord becomes My Lady The 1960’s was a time of profound social change. The abolition of capital punishment, legalisation of homosexuality and abortion, the introduction of the contraceptive pill, and the Married Women’s Property Act affected women...
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    56 mins
  • The Fourth Decade: 1949 – 1959

    The Fourth Decade: 1949 – 1959
    Apr 18 2019
    A Hostile Culture Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the 1950s, characterised by a post-war growing economy and technological advances. After the war, working women either returned to the home or were squeezed back into lower paid ...
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    52 mins
  • The Third Decade: 1939 – 1949

    The Third Decade: 1939 – 1949
    Mar 18 2019
    Sitting in Judgment: Women Magistrates and Jurors Join host Lucinda Acland and guests for a discussion of the 1940s, the impact of World War Two in the perception of women in the world of work and for women in the legal profession,
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    42 mins