Vacancies for non-council members of council membership committee

Applications are invited for three non-geographical places on the Law Society's Council membership committee.

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.

The three seats on the committee, which are open to any member of the Society who is a member of the relevant organisation, are for representatives of the following: the Criminal Law Solicitors Association, the Solicitors Family Law Association and the Solicitors Pro Bono Group.

The time commitment involved is about three or four all-day meetings a year, but it is not possible to be more precise, as some of the work of the committee arises in response to events.

The Society wishes to encourage applications from all eligible solicitors irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability and appointments will be based on merit, after an open and clear selection process.

For further 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 15 May 2003.