The Law Society Northern Territory presents the Sexual Harassment and Workplace Culture CPD sessions ahead of the end of the 2023/2024 CPD year.
Since 1 April 2023, it has been a condition of all Practicing Certificates issued in the Northern Territory that practitioners accrue at least one CPD point in the CD
core competency ‘Skills relating to identifying, addressing and preventing bullying, discrimination and harassment in the workplace’. This session can be
claimed to meet that core competency.
This is a workshop to contribute to a cultural change that we would all like to see in the profession, regarding sexual harassment and bullying. The workshop examines the statistics from prior surveys on sexual harassment in the legal profession, providing an evidence based approach to the seriousness of the issue and the underlying causes arising from the cultural traits of our profession. This workshop includes video resources developed by the Queensland Law Society demonstrating examples of problematic behaviour and its affects on lawyers and what can be done to intervene.
Jodi Truman has been admitted as a legal practitioner since 1997 and was called to the private Bar in 2007 practising predominantly in criminal law, family law and coronials. Since 2018 she has been appointed as the Deputy Chair of the NT Liquor Commission. In recent times she has focused her energies also on coaching and is passionate about empowering others to create lives they love both in their profession and in their personal life. Jodi is a strong advocate of change in the legal profession in relation to bullying and sexual harassment.
Fiona Kepert is a barrister at William Forster Chambers, she currently practices in a wide range of civil and criminal matters. Prior to joining the bar Fiona worked for many years as a criminal lawyer for NT Legal Aid and NAAJA, and then at the Law Society in complaints and regulation.
