'This has to be a turning point for the profession'
Allegations against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon have delivered the legal profession its "us too" moment - and the Law Council is determined not to waste it.
The legal profession is in the middle of a crisis caused by revelations that former High Court judge Dyson Heydon had sexually harassed six female associates in his decade on the court. It's a crisis they don't want to waste.
"This has to be turning point for the profession,'' says Law Council of Australia president Pauline Wright.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
