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No gender bias against women judges in Australia, says US expert

A landmark study which found women High Court justices are "far more likely" to be interrupted than male members of the court during argument, has been called into question by the academic that inspired the project.

Sydney graduate lawyer Amelia Loughland examined transcripts between June 2015 and December 2017 and found that her results replicated those in a study of the US Supreme Court by Professor Tonja Jacobi of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

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Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editor
Hannah Wootton is a Rear Window columnist, based in Melbourne. Connect with Hannah on Twitter. Email Hannah at hannah.wootton@afr.com

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