ABSTRACT
The position of women in the law school is a complex one. It is not true that women are excluded from law schools; far from it, since they make up more than 50% of the undergraduate body, and nearly that proportion of law postgraduates. Women also make an important contribution to the law school as academic staff; although they constitute a small proportion of law professors, they form a significantly higher proportion of other senior academic staff and nearly half of all junior lecturers in law schools.1 The figures alone suggest that the position of women in the law school is not a straightforward one.
