Coombs, Janet

Entry type: Person
Entry ID: AWE5784

Occupation Barrister, Lawyer

Summary

Janet Coombs had the longest-running practice of any woman at the NSW Bar (until her retirement), specialising initially in petty sessions. The Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales annual lunch for new women barristers is named in her honour.

Published resources

Resource Section
- Janet Coombs AM, Brodsky, Juliette, 2011, http://www.nswbar.asn.au/the-bar-association/pioneering-women/#/9_janet_coombs
Site Exhibition
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE5784b.htm

Archival resources

National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
- Janet Coombs interviewed by Nikki Henningham in the Trailblazing women and the law oral history project

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Related Organisations
- Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales (1952 - )

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