Rosemary Hunter is an Australian academic who has been Professor of Law and Socio-Legal Studies at

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since 2014. Prior to that she lectured at Kent Law School from 2006-2014. In 1998, Hunter and Helen McKelvie were commissioned to produce a report named ''Equality of Opportunity for Women at the Victorian Bar''. The report resulted in the formation of a working group to address systemic discrimination at the Bar. Hunter is also a

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who has written books such as ''Indirect Discrimination in the Workplace''. In this work she argued that many apparently neutral employer policies effectively disadvantage women and people from minority groups. For example, a height requirement for security guards would effectively exclude many

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and Asians. Hunter was also a vocal supporter of

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, during her imprisonment for the offence of intimidation of a

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. Fingleton's conviction was later overturned by the

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. Hunter is a supporter of affirmative action for

. She has undertaken a number of funded research projects and research consultancies in the field of family law and procedure. Before moving to England, Hunter was

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of the

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and prior to that a Senior Lecturer in Law at the

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. Hunter is a Fellow of the

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(FAcSS).

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