Law school line-up for hall of fame (and shame)

A law unto themselves?

UK university law schools with the highest and lowestrepresentation of women academics as of October 1, 1997*

University Men Women Total % Women

Oxford Brookes 5 9 14 64.3

Middlesex 8 13 21 61.9

Thames Valley 14 22 36 61.1

Hertfordshire 13 20 33 60.6

Coventry 8 12 20 60.0

Sussex 7 10 17 58.8

Leeds Metropolitan 12 15 55.6

Kingston 9 11 20 55.0

Surrey 5 6 11 54.5

Central Lancashire 16 19 35 54.3

Birkbeck College 9 3 12 25.0

Edinburgh 33 11 44 25.0

School of Oriental 15 5 20 25.0

and African Studies

Leicester 31 10 41 24.4

Univ. College London 31 10 41 24.4

Birmingham 28 9 37 24.3

Strathclyde 19 6 25 24.0

Greenwich 21 6 22.2

Cambridge 47 12 59 20.3

Aberdeen 21 5 26 19.2

*Only institutions with ten or more staff included. Care must be taken in assessing andinterpreting this table as, for example, a law school's position may be affected by its size, history, recent appointments or departures, or the fact that it might have recently introduced an equal opportunities programme that has yet to bear fruit.

Source: The Woman Lawyer: Making the Difference