After an extensive application process, The Law Society is very pleased to announce that the Professional Standards Council has approved its newly named “The Law Society of New South Wales Professional Standards Scheme” which will commence on 22 November 2018. All law practices will receive an information brochure about the new Scheme’s benefits, logo and importantly, that Members who do not want the Scheme to apply to them will need to apply for exemption.

In early October the Law Society will open its online facility for applications for participation in, or exemption from, the 2018-2019 Scheme year. Scheme Co-ordinators will receive an email providing unique login details for the online process. 

Law practices are encouraged to apply online where possible. The online facility is available to all law practices regardless of payment method. A hard copy of the application form will be posted in early November to those law practices not using the online facility.

The Professional Standards Council requires The Law Society to record all Solicitor Members who have been exempted from the Scheme. To facilitate this statutory requirement, every private law practice is asked to register a Scheme Co-ordinator with the Society. That practitioner must be a principal of the law practice and authorised to complete the online application for participation or exemption on behalf of the law practice. If you have not previously provided the Law Society with a nominated Scheme Co-ordinator and an email address for communication, please contact the Scheme department by email on scheme@lawsociety.com.au or by calling 9926 0189

It is very important that your law practice and practitioner details are up to date. If any of these have changed since 30 June this year, please contact the Registry on 9926 0156 or by email on registry@lawsociety.com.au to update the Society’s records as required under the Uniform Law.

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