IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Shifting ground: women in law and the global outlook
Tuesday 4 November (1615 - 1730)
Committee(s)
Women Lawyers' Committee
(Lead)
Bar Issues Commission
IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council
IBA Legal Policy & Research Unit
Description
Session to launch preliminary findings from 'Phase 2' of the IBA Raising the Bar: Women in Law project - a global survey to understand women's experiences working in the legal profession, discuss the findings of the project to date and what's next. Hearing from speakers from different sectors and considering any impact following the shift in focus away from Diversity and Inclusion policies which will have been underway since January 2025. Has the backlash followed in other countries outside the US?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Sara Carnegie | International Bar Association, London, England; Council Member, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |
| Isla Tobin | International Bar Association, London, England |
Speakers
| Steeves Bujold | McCarthy Tetrault, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Events Officer, LGBTQI+ Law Committee |
| Melissa Davis | MD Communications, London, England |
| Erika Levin | Fox Rothschild, New York, New York, USA; Scholarship Officer, Women Lawyers' Committee |
| Olufunmi Oluyede | TRLPLAW Solicitors, Lagos, Nigeria; Co-Chair, IBA Diversity & Inclusion Council |