Exploring Stakeholder: "Law Societies"

The Law Society of British Columbia ensures the public is well served by legal professionals who are honourable and competent.We regulate the legal profession in BC, protecting the public interest in the administration of justice by setting and enforcing standards of professional conduct for lawyers. We also bring a voice to issues affecting the justice system and...

“The Law Society of Alberta regulates the legal profession in the public interest by promoting and enforcing a high standard of professional and ethical conduct by Alberta lawyers… While we do not provide legal advice on specific cases, from our unique perspective as the regulator, we actively work with members of the justice system to improve...

The Law Society of Manitoba states: “Our mission is to protect the public interest by ensuring that Manitoba lawyers practice ethically and competently”. They are the province’s “regulator of the legal profession”, and; they seek to increase Manitoban’s access to legal services, and, to equity and diversity within law practices, and; to “proactively protect the public interest...

“The Law Society of Ontario regulates Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct. The Law Society has a duty to protect the public interest, to maintain and advance the cause of justice and...

The Law Society Law Society of New Brunswick was officially created in 1846. The Provincial Legislative Assembly adopted Chapter 48 of the Provincial Statutes which in effect incorporated what was then called the “Barristers’ Society” for the “purpose of securing in the Province a learned and honourable legal profession, for establishing order and good conduct among its...

As the regulator of Nova Scotia’s legal profession, the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (NSBS) exists to uphold and protect the public interest in the practice of law. We fulfill our public interest mandate by ensuring that lawyers deliver competent and ethical legal services in accordance with the standards set for legal professionals.” The society plays a variety of roles, including: ...

The Law Society of PEI is responsible for governance and regulation of the legal profession in the public interest. We’re here to provide information to current and potential lawyers, and also to act as a legal resource for the general public.  The Law Society of Prince Edward Island was created in 1876. Although its membership...

“The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (“the Law Society”) is authorized to regulate the practice of law and the legal profession in the public interest by the Law Society Act, 1999, SNL 1999, c. L-9.1 and is the sole regulatory body for all lawyers in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Law Society is fully funded by...

The Law Society of Yukon is authorized by the Legal Profession Act, 2017 to regulate the practice of law and the legal profession in the public interest in the Yukon Territory. It protects the public interest in the administration of justice by setting and enforcing standards of learning, competence, and professional conduct for lawyers. The Law Society of Yukon...

Established in 1999, the Law Society of Nunavut is a self-governing Society which derives its authority from the Legal Profession Act of Nunavut. The Law Society is responsible for governing the legal profession in the public interest according to Nunavut law and the Law Society’s rules, regulations, guidelines and its Code of Conduct (adapted from the Federation of Law Societies of...

The Law Society of the Northwest Territories’ mandate is “to ensure the public is well served by a legal profession that is independent, responsible and responsive…It Is a self-governing Society… responsible for governing the legal profession in the public interest … It is our responsibility to ensure that the people of the Northwest Territories are served by lawyers who...

The Law Society of Saskatchewan has the responsibility, pursuant to The Legal Profession Act, 1990, to “govern the legal profession in the province… in the public interest.”  Our independence from the government is primary to our mission; it is important to the administration of justice and is fundamental to maintaining a free and democratic society that...