Exploring Theme: "Commitments to C2A # 27"

“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...

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 Federation of Law Societies of Canada is the national association of the 14 law societies mandated by the provinces and territories to regulate Canada’s legal profession in the public interest. It is the body through which Canada’s law societies collaborate at the national level, share information on trends and issues affecting the legal profession,...