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Harriet Wistrich is Director and Founder of the Centre for Women’s Justice, a multi-partner organisation aimed at bringing cases holding the state to account in relation to violence against women and girls, and a solicitor at Birnberg Peirce and Partners Ltd. She has acted for a number of women in successful appeals against their murder convictions, most recently for Sally Challen in her pioneering appeal on grounds of coercive control.

In this talk, Harriet will explore how women subjected to male violence and abuse are failed by the state and discriminated against within the criminal justice system.  She will draw from her personal experience as a solicitor and from the work of the Centre for Women's Justice in bringing cases challenging such failures, to explore the essential components of a feminist approach to legal practice.

 

The lecture will be proceeded by a short film premier: First 100 Years. First 100 Years is the national campaign celebrating the centenary of women in law in 2019. As part of this groundbreaking project, which is supported by all of the professional bodies, First 100 Years have been building an archive of materials about women in law covering the last 100 years, through films, articles, podcasts, an exhibition and a brand new book. You can find out more at www.first100years.org.uk. As part of this, the project has filmed over 70 mini biographical documentaries about today's pioneering women in law to create a bank of role models to help inspire the future generations. Harriet is included as part of this archive as a prevalent campaigner for women's rights and a role model for many women in the profession.

 

The event schedule is as follows:

18.20 – film premier screening

18.35 – Harriet Wistrich lecture begins

19.40 – beginning of reception

20.30 – event to close

Event details

Edmund J Safra Lecture Theatre
King's Building
Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS