Vacancies for non-council members of the council membership committee (re-advertisement)

Applications are still invited for several geographical places on the council membership committee which remain unfilled following the earlier notice.

The committee advises the Law Society 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 is not made up of 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 geographical places on the committee which still need to be filled are for the following areas, north-east, south and south-east, which are defined by reference to the relevant regional association area, except in the case of the south-east, which is defined for the purpose of this advertisement as Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

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

The time commitment this role involves is about three or four all-day meetings a year.

The Society encourages applications from all eligible solicitors irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability, and appointments will be based on merit, following 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; tel: 020 7320 5736; fax: 020 7320 5685; e-mail: elizabeth.kwok@lawsociety.org.uk

The closing date for nominations is 6 February 2003.