The Law Society invited applications for places on the council membership committee to represent West Midlands and the South West.

The committee advises the council on the designation of non-constituency council seats whenever a vacancy arises in such a seat, keeps the constituency boundaries for council elections under review and advises generally on the size and representative nature of the council.

The majority of the members are not council members, and it is made up of a geographical component and a non-geographical component consisting of representatives from a range of interest groups and categories of solicitors.

Any member of the Law Society practising or employed in the area is eligible to be appointed to the place on the committee representing that area.

The time commitment involved is around three or four half-day meetings a year.

The Society wishes to encourage applications from all eligible solicitors irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability.

Appointments will be based on merit, following an open and clear selection process.

For details and an application form, contact Elizabeth Kwok, Corporate Administration, the Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL; DX: 56 Lon/Ch Lane; e-mail: elizabeth.kwok@lawsociety.org.uk; tel: 020 7320 5736; fax: 020 7320 5685.

The closing date for nominations is 21 May 2004.