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Women lawyers have made incredible strides over the past 125 years: while once women required special permission to become even student members of the Law Society of Upper Canada, today they hold esteemed positions, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. In Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law, authors Julie Soloway and Emma Costante document this inspiring journey through a compilation of biographies of 50 Canadian women whose tenacity challenged the status quo and effected real change for women in the legal profession.
Women who made a difference
Organized into five distinct temporal waves, this book takes a close look at the women who paved the way for new generations in the legal profession:
Valuable insight
Leading the Way: Canadian Women in the Law provides a glimpse into the lives of renowned female lawyers over the past century and the factors that drove them to be agents of social change. In addition to being essential and inspirational reading for Canadian lawyers and law students, this book will be a welcome addition to any personal or professional library and a cornerstone for future scholarly work on the topic.