Message from the President

Catherine Gale

January 2012

It's with great excitement and anticipation that I have taken over the helm of Law Council President. 2012 is shaping up as an important year for the Australian legal profession-both domestically and abroad. It will be a crucial period for the legal profession with the implementation of the new national regulatory legislation. This regulation, when introduced later this year, will create a single, uniform Legal Profession Act which will allow seamless national practice and benefit both lawyers and consumers of legal services. I look forward to leading the Law Council as it progresses this vitally important work.

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