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Boutique celebrates all-female leadership team
Amanda Little & Associates has become the first specialist family law firm in NSW to have an all-female leadership team — and said that other law firms should follow suit.
Lauren Croft
The firm’s directors and partners now include Amanda Little, Rosemary Aloisio and Bernadette Melhem, who, according to the firm, are all focused on promoting gender equality and parity in the law. The trio are also all accredited specialists in family law.
The Western Sydney firm is attempting to address systemic and structural barriers that prevent people from advancing in the legal profession, too.
“Historically, becoming a parent or having something unexpected arise in your personal life has precluded people from advancing in the law. We want to change all of that”, Ms Little added.
“Our firm provides employees with flexible working arrangements, ongoing training, salaries which are uniform across the board (regardless of gender) and a work/life balance that helps them manage their work and life commitments.
“By putting these measures in place, we hope to attract and keep good staff, better reflect the clients in which we serve and make a lasting impact in the family law space and the profession at large.”
Moreover, Ms Little said she hoped other firms feel inspired to join this movement.
“Changing the culture of the legal profession starts from within our own practices. At the end of the day, law firms that look after their people will always come out on top,” she said.
Lauren Croft
Lauren is a journalist at Lawyers Weekly and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from Macleay College. Prior to joining Lawyers Weekly, she worked as a trade journalist for media and travel industry publications and Travel Weekly. Originally born in England, Lauren enjoys trying new bars and restaurants, attending music festivals and travelling. She is also a keen snowboarder and pre-pandemic, spent a season living in a French ski resort.
