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Graham Hill
There are two further issues. First, is that resilience is gained over time in practice; and secondly, lawyer and law society discrimination for those who do fall foul to depressive or other illness. The extent of discrimination is a key hire issue and lawyer have a propensity to it. . One senior lawyer in Blenheim said he would not have hired X if he knew his wife had a bi polar disorder, which was not in fact an issue. That gives a perfect snapshot of lawyer bigotry in this area. Too much openness- and don’;t have an expectation other lawyers will have the humanity to understand- could well lead to the drafting gate of no hire and exit. Having sat through a NSC hearing, I came to the view that female partners are no different from their male counterparts in the discrimination game.
There are two further issues. First, is that resilience is gained over time in practice; and secondly, lawyer and law society discrimination for those who do fall foul to depressive or other illness. The extent of discrimination is a key hire issue and lawyer have a propensity to it. . One senior lawyer in Blenheim said he would not have hired X if he knew his wife had a bi polar disorder, which was not in fact an issue. That gives a perfect snapshot of lawyer bigotry in this area. Too much openness- and don’;t have an expectation other lawyers will have the humanity to understand- could well lead to the drafting gate of no hire and exit. Having sat through a NSC hearing, I came to the view that female partners are no different from their male counterparts in the discrimination game.