Constituent Bodies & Directors

Constituent Bodies

The Law Council is a federal organisation representing approximately 60,000 Australian legal professionals through its constituent member Bar Associations and Law Societies (known as ‘Constituent Bodies’).

There are 17 Constituent Bodies including the Large Law Firm Group.

• Australian Capital Territory Law Society
• Australian Capital Territory Bar Association
• Law Society of New South Wales
• New South Wales Bar Association
• Law Society Northern Territory
• Northern Territory Bar Association
• Queensland Law Society
• Bar Association of Queensland
• Law Society of South Australia
• South Australian Bar Association
• Tasmanian Independent Bar
• Law Society of Tasmania
• Law Institute of Victoria
• The Victorian Bar
• Law Society of Western Australia
• Western Australian Bar Association
• Large Law Firm Group Limited

Directors

The Directors govern the Law Council, and meet quarterly to set objectives, policy, and priorities for the Council. The Directors are selected by representation of the Constituent Bodies. Between meetings of Directors, policy and governance responsibility for the Law Council is exercised by the Elected Executive, led by the President.

Selected Directors

• Ms Noor Blumer
• Mr Gregory Stretton SC
  
• Mr John Dobson
• Ms Jane Needham SC
  
• Mr Jim Peters SC
  
• Mr Charles Bailes
• Mr Mark Livesey QC
• Dr Christopher Kendall
  
• Mr Peter Quinlan QC
• Dr John de Groot
  
• Mr Roger Traves QC
• Mr Bill Griffiths
• Mr Michael O'Farrell SC
• Ms Peggy Cheong
• Mr John Lawrence SC
  
• Mr Stuart Clark
  

Elected Executive

• Mr Joseph Catanzariti
• Mr Michael Colbran QC
• Mr Duncan McConnel
• Ms Fiona McLeod SC
• Mr Justin Dowd
• Ms Leanne Topfer