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12 Int'l J. Legal Prof. 1 (2005)

handle is hein.journals/injlepro12 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION, Routledge VOL. 12, NO. 1, MARCH 2005 Editorial AVROM SHERR We begin this issue with a careful empirical study of women barristers in the Australian state of Victoria, tying in with existing literature internationally on women in the legal profession.' This article by Rosemary Hunter shows how lessons might be drawn from empirical work in order to provide effective interventions to combat discriminatory practices. This study provides a useful model for other jurisdictions to follow in terms of developing the information necessary for making a difference in discriminatory practices in the legal profession. Richard Collier's article considers the self-image of lawyers and prospective trainee lawyers in large commercial law firms in England and Wales. Collier analyses advertisements and promotional literature aimed at enticing applicant neophytes to jobs in the larger law firms. Collier charts assumptions about identity and commit- ment that are posited within representations of legal work. He explores ideas about consumption, personal lifestyle and career success communicated through the media analysed. Finally the paper charts these images through a range of ideas about gender, race/ethnicity and social class representations at this important point of entry to the legal profession. Mark Davies sets out a new training initiative which will provide a further step towards professionalisation of the lay magistracy in England and Wales. The tension between utilising this important lay element in the criminal justice system, with the problems of understanding an increasingly complex system of regulation and procedure have begun to undermine the very nature of lay magistracy. His work focuses on the nature of the training and assessment of magistrates and the potential contradictions this presents to their 'lay' independence. We end with two articles in our Management Section. Robertson and Corbin look at specialist lawyers' perceptions of client involvement in legal service delivery and Hilton and Migdal consider why clients need rather than want their lawyers. The lawyer-client relationship is studied closely in both of these articles, from different viewpoints. Concepts of specialism are considered and differences between commercial and private clients are developed. This first issue of 2005 is a bumper issue and a good read. 'Women in the legal profession, International fournal of the Legal Profession, Vol. 10, No. 2, July 2003. ISSN 0969-5958 print/ISSN 1469-9257 online/05/010001-01 ( 2005 Taylor & Francis Group Ltd DOI: 10.1080/09695950500124794

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