Female Trial Attorneys in U.K. Notch a Win for Equality

By Suzi Ring, Bloomberg News

London’s female trial lawyers have scored a small but symbolic victory: access to the men’s locker room.

The new unisex space at Southwark Crown Court, one of London’s most famous courthouses and the stage for prosecutions in Libor , came after female barristers complained about being left out of conversations on their cases with male peers. While the change may seem minor, it comes just as the U.K. appointed a female Supreme Court president, a first in a field dominated at the top by men.

The British judiciary and trial lawyers have long struggled with ...