Make a difference in the profession and your community – join a QLS policy committee
26 September 2011
Becoming a member of one of our 26 committees will put you and your firm at the leading edge of current public issues, State Government Bills and potential areas of law reform.
Committees carry out a wide range of functions including:
- policy recommendations and implementation
- providing expert advice to Queensland Law Society’s Council
- commenting on policy/legislative initiatives and reports by Government and relevant authorities
- bringing attention to problems with the law and seeking appropriate amendments.
The policy committees provide a forum for considering practical problems affecting members and bring a wide range of issues to their attention.
Standing Committees available for nomination are:
- Access to Justice/Pro Bono Committee
- Accident Compensation / Tort Law Committee
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
- Business Law Executive Committees
- Banking and Finance Law Committee
- Franchising Law Committee
- Industrial Law Committee
- Insolvency Law Committee *
- Technology and Intellectual Property Committee
- Revenue Law Committee
- Competition and Consumer Committee
- Children’s Law Committee
- Company Law Committee *
- Construction & Infrastructure Law Committee *
- Criminal Law Committee
- Elder Law Committee
- Equalising Opportunities in Law Committee
- Family Law Committee
- Government Lawyers Committee
- International Law / Relations Committee
- Litigation Rules Committee
- Planning & Environment Law Committee
- Practice Development and Management Committee
- Property & Development Law Committee
- Succession Law Committee
- New and Early Career Lawyers Committee
* These Committees co-sit as Law Council of Australia and QLS Committees. Joining is subject to QLS’ and Law Council of Australia’s discretion.
The functioning and membership of the policy committees is governed by the QLS Committee Charter 2010.
Our committees are growing in strength and influence each year. Be part of something big and submit your written expression of interest form, together with a short CV, by no later than COB Monday 31 October 2011 to Queensland Law Society (Attention: Matt Dunn) by:
