page_title: Women in law in Canada
hierarchical_section_title: Women in law in Canada
caption_attribution_description: English: The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, PC, CC, OBC, QC, served as Canada’s 19th and first female Prime Minister in 1993 and continues to promote global democracy, international cooperation and women in politics, for which she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada.
context_page_description: Women work in the legal profession and related occupations throughout Canada, as lawyers, prosecutors, judges, legal scholars, law professors and law school deans. In Canada, while 37.1% of lawyers are women, "50% ...said they felt their [law] firms were doing "poorly" or "very poorly" in their provision of flexible work arrangements." As well, " ... racialized women accounted for 16% of all lawyers under 30" in 2006 in Ontario and Aboriginal lawyers accounted for 1%.
context_section_description: Women work in the legal profession and related occupations throughout Canada, as lawyers (also called barristers, attorneys or legal counselors), prosecutors, judges, legal scholars, law professors and law school deans. In Canada, while 37.1% of lawyers are women, "50% ...said they felt their [law] firms were doing "poorly" or "very poorly" in their provision of flexible work arrangements." As well, " ... racialized women accounted for 16% of all lawyers under 30" in 2006 in Ontario and Aboriginal lawyers accounted for 1%.
caption: Canadian lawyer Kim Campbell served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993. Campbell was the first, and to date, only female prime minister of Canada.[1]
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