Governance

25 Jun 2025

1 Dec 2023

The offices of the Law Society and the Settlements Office will close at 12.30pm on Friday 22 December 2022 and will reopen on Monday 8 January 2023.

27 Sep 2022

Farzana Choudhury has been elected President of the ACT Law Society for 2022-23. Her election, as well as that of the new Council of the Law Society, was announced at the Society’s AGM on Tuesday 27 September 2022.

23 Sep 2021

The new Council of the Law Society of the ACT was announced at the Society’s AGM on Thursday 23 September 2021.

24 Sep 2020

The new Council of the Law Society of the ACT was announced at the Society’s AGM on Thursday 24 September 2020.

24 Sep 2020

Elizabeth Carroll has been elected President of the Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory for 2020-21.

17 Jun 2020

The President and Council of the ACT Law Society have issued a warm welcome to new Chief Executive Officer Simone Carton.

The Council is the governing body of the Law Society. It comprises 15 elected members and the Immediate Past President. Councillors are elected by the membership of the Society, and Council convenes once a month. The Constitution of the Society vests the Council with the responsibility for the management of the Society’s affairs, including income and property.

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