Law Society notices

Council membership committee: vacanciesThe membership committee of the Law Society Council was established under the Society's by-laws to oversee the representative nature of the council.

Key tasks include advising the council on the type of solicitor who should fill the non-constituency seats and keeping under review the size of the council and the constituency boundaries.

In order to ensure that the committee itself is properly representative, members are drawn from geographical regions and from the main Law Society groups.

There are currently three vacancies: one for the south seat and one for the south east seat on the committee, and one for a representative from the Sole Practitioners Group.The term of appointment would be three years and traditionally the time commitment required has not been high.

However, the committee is involved in the Law Society reform process and consequently the number of meetings in 2001 might increase to four or five.

Nominations to fill the south and south east seats are invited from solicitors in the geographical areas and from sole practitioners to fill the Sole Practitioners Group seat.Nominations should be sent as soon as possible to Elizabeth Kwok, Corporate Administration, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL.

LDE 56 (tel: 020 7320 5736 or fax 020 7320 5759).

Non-constituency seat on the Law Society CouncilThere are 75 Law Society Council members, 61 of whom represent geographical constituencies.

The other 14 members are elected by the council to fill non-constituency seats.

All council members serve for four years, and the terms of office are arranged to fall vacant by rotation.

There is a vacancy on the council for the financial services and investment management non-constituency seat.

Applicants should be solicitors and members of the Law Society.

The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in all council business and to serve on a main council committee.

Applicants should demonstrate their own experience in this area and a wider appreciation of the profession's involvement in providing financial service to clients.

Additional information is available from Elizabeth Kwok, Corporate Administration, tel: 020 7320 5736, fax: 020 7320 5759.

Nominations should be sent to Elizabeth Kwok, The Law Society, Corporate Administration, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL, by not later than 24 November 2000.

It is expected that shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview during the week commencing 27 November 2000.

The successful candidate will be elected by the council to serve until 2004.

The children panelThe children panel has re-opened for applications from solicitors with three years' post qualification experience and Fellows of the Institute of Legal Executives who have completed the matrimonial proceedings certificate on the rights of audience course.

Three types of membership are available: children, adult party and local authority representatives.To obtain an information pack, please contact: Information Services, the Law Society, Ipsley Court, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 0TD or DX 19114 Redditch; tel 0870 606 2555.