We Set the Bar

Fighting for Equality, Empowerment and Change within the Legal Profession

Jo Delahunty (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2026
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2128-2 (ISBN)

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The Bar has a long-standing reputation for being the preserve of public-school educated, white men. Power and privilege can create abuses of power. from discrimination and disadvantage in entering the profession, to toxic work practices, sexual harassment, judicial bullying and more.

In her trademark outspoken style, Jo Delahunty K.C. reveals what life at the legal aid Bar involves and identifies what can be done to change its culture and image for the better, reshaping the traditional image of a barrister in terms of the diverse profession it should be.

By celebrating the highs, but not concealing the lows, of a life in law, Jo’s love letter to her profession ‘sets the bar’ for action: what we can learn from the past and what needs to be done in future to galvanise it into a united, egalitarian, healthy environment for all.

Professor Jo Delahunty KC, Emeritus Gresham Professor of Law, is one of the UK’s leading barristers, specialising in child protection law who, over her 40 years at the Bar, has chosen to champion the vulnerable, using her status and public platforms to speak out about wrongs in her working world. Being the child of a single parent from a working-class family and the first to go to university, she has defied the script for class and gender to challenge inequality and injustice, through her actions, achievements and public speaking. By writing about the realities of a life in law, confronting issues such as sexual harassment, bullying and lack of diversity she Sets The Bar for others to follow. In 2025, she was the winner of The Lawyer You Aspire to Be 2025 from the Legal Style Awards and the prestigious Family Law Silk of the Year and DEI: Outstanding Contribution for the Chambers UK Bar Awards https://chambers.com/events/chambers-uk-bar-awards-2025

Introduction

Wigs and Gowns

A Life in the Law

Power and Patronage

Power Inside the Courtroom

The Next 100 Years

Advocating for Change

Epilogue: Is It Worth It?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.3.2026
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5292-2128-5 / 1529221285
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-2128-2 / 9781529221282
Zustand	Neuware