Whoopee for female senior counsel in NSW

It is comforting to know that the Attorney General's Department is committed to "equitable briefing" of matters from its agencies over to female members of the senior bar. The statistics published yesterday for the first 3 months of 2009 in NSW are so breath-taking! Wow! Isn't it a thrill to know that 14.7% of briefs were referred to female senior counsel, while 25.5% were referred to junior female counsel. Gee that truly represents balance, fairness and an equal share of the briefs! What a meaningless press release!