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.

A
Aboriginal spokesperson
Academic
Activist
Aboriginal activist
Aboriginal rights activist
Political activist
Social activist
Women's rights activist
Actor
Administrator
Advisor
Advocate
Human rights advocate
Alderman
Arbitration commissioner
Arbitrator
Army officer
Arts administrator
Attorney
Attorney General
Author
B
Banker
Barrister
Barrister's clerk
Board member
Brewer
Broadcaster
Bureaucrat
Business woman
C
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
Management consultant
Coroner
Councillor
Local government councillor
Criminologist
Crown Prosecutor
Crown Solicitor
D
Dean
Diplomat
Director
Company director
Disability rights activist
E
Editor
Educator
Nurse educator
Electoral campaign manager
Electorate officer
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Executive
F
Farmer
Feminist
G
Gardener
General manager
Governor
Governor-General
H
Hotelier
Human rights activist
Human Rights President
I
Indexer
Indigenous activist
Indigenous legal project officer
Industrial officer
In-House Counsel
International arbitrator
J
Journalist
Judge
Judge's associate
Jurist
Justice of the Peace
L
Law clerk
Lawyer
Environmental lawyer
Government lawyer
Human rights lawyer
Legal Aid lawyer
Military lawyer
Lecturer
Legal academic
Legal advisor
Legal editor
Legal officer
Legal practitioner
Legal reporter
Legal writer
Librarian
Lieutenant-Governor
Litigator
M
Magistrate
Manager
Managing Director
Mayor
Mediator
Minister
Mountaineer
Musician
N
Naval officer
Nurse
O
Ombudsman
Ornithologist
P
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
Q
Queen's Counsel
R
Radio journalist
Regulator
Research assistant
S
Secretary
Legal secretary
Senator
Senior Counsel
Servicewoman
Soccer player
Social theorist
Solicitor
Solicitor-General
Sports administrator
Sportswoman
Shooting champion
Skiier
T
Taxation officer
Teacher
Television journalist
Tribunal member
U
Union organiser
University Chancellor
University teacher
V
Vice-Chancellor
Volunteer
W
Women's advocacy
Women's rights activist
Writer