Constitutent Bodies & Directors

Constituent Bodies

The Law Council is a federal organisation representing approximately 56,000 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.

• Law Society of New South Wales
• New South Wales Bar Association
• Law Institute of Victoria
• The Victorian Bar Inc.
• Australian Capital Territory Law Society
• Australian Capital Territory Bar Association
• Law Society of the 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 Association
• Law Society of Tasmania
• 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

• Tom Bathurst QC
• Malcolm Blue QC
• Bruce Cutler
• Grant Donaldson SC
  
• Richard Douglas SC
• Bruce Doyle
• Fiona McLeod SC
  
• Athol Opas
• Stuart Pilkinton
  
• Hylton Quail
• Jane Schammer
• Matthew Storey
• Steven Stevens
  
• Leanne Topfer
  
• Peter Tree SC
• Raelene Webb QC
• Stuart Westgarth

Elected Executive

• Glenn Ferguson
• Alexander Ward
• Catherine Gale
• Joe Catanzariti
• Michael Colbran QC
• Duncan McConnel