Inaugural Equality & Diversity Lecture 2018-19
Event date
29 October 2018
Event time
17:00 - 18:30
Oxford week
Audience
Members of the University
Venue
Gulbenkian Lecture Theatre
Speaker(s)
The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, President of The Supreme Court
The Equality Lecture has been created as a means of discussing the role of the law in addressing various inequalities. The timely inauguration of this event falls between the recent 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage (2018), and upcoming anniversaries for women entering the legal profession as practising barristers and solicitors (2019) and being awarded degrees at the University of Oxford (2020).
Equality & Human Rights
Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court
Baroness Hale has been recognised as a pioneer for women in the legal profession. She was the first woman appointed to the Law Commission (1984), became the first woman Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 2004, was the first female Justice of The Supreme Court (2009), and became the first woman appointed as its President (2017) succeeding Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury.
This event is open to Oxford University members only.
Generously supported by:
