Appendix: Law Society office-holders. Chapter Two: 1940-1949. Chapter Three: 1950-1959. Chapter Four: 1960-1969. Chapter Five: 1970-1979. Chapter Six: 1980-1989. Chapter Seven: 1990-1999. Chapter Eight: 2000-2017. Timeline: 1927-2017. Appendix: Law Society office-holders.
Summary:
On the 15 June 1927, a group of around 30 practitioners gathered in the old Supreme Court library. This represented a not insignificant proportion of the legal profession in Western Australia at a time, the Law Almanac of 1927 suggesting that the profession then stood at a mere 155. By 2017, the size of the profession had increased to over 6,500. In 1927, the Law Society had recorded 96 foundation members. By 2017, the Law Society had achieved a record membership of 3,870. These raw figures provide just some indication as to how both the profession and the Law Society have grown over nine decades. Despite the profession's considerable increase in number, and the ubiquitous shifting of societal attiudes, the Law Scoety has never lost sight of its commitment the core objects it adopted within a few months of its inception. Those objects, still reflected in the law Society's Constitution today, remain: advancing the interests of the legal profession; promoting good practice and curbing malpractice; advancing legal education; promoting the administration of justice and the development and improvement of the law; and encouraging collegiality. Annotation. A historical overview of the Law Society of Western Australia's first 90 years.
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