Representation
The bodies that speak for the profession.
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Every Australian solicitor practises alongside a law society — the state and territory bodies plus the national council.
ACT Law Society
Law societies
The ACT Law Society represents the ACT legal profession and provides member services, continuing professional development and practice-support resources. It runs CPD seminars, on-demand webinars and professional and social events, and publishes Ethos and Hearsay.
- Type of body
- Law society and legal profession regulator
Verified21 September 2026
The representative bodies for barristers.
ACT Bar Association
Bar associations
Professional association for ACT barristers providing membership services, CPD, a reading programme and practice resources. Its website includes a public register, barrister search, practising-certificate information and guidance on briefing barristers, wellbeing and parental support.
- Type of body
- Bar association
Verified22 September 2026
Bodies organised around who practitioners are rather than what they practise — women lawyers, First Nations lawyers, LGBTQ+ practitioners, culturally and linguistically diverse members, practitioners with disability.
Women Lawyers Association ACT
Affinity associations
Not-for-profit association promoting the interests of women lawyers in the ACT. It offers professional events, awards and individual and corporate membership, and publishes policy work on diversity, pay and conditions, flexible work and judicial appointments.
- Type of body
- Affinity network
Verified19 September 2026
ANU Law Students' Society (ANULSS)
Law student societies
Representative body for all ANU law students; one of oldest student organisations at ANU; hosts Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot 2025–2027.
- Type of body
- Law student society
Verified14 August 2026Canberra Law Students' Society (CLSS)
Law student societies
Representative body for University of Canberra LLB and JD law students; ALSA member.
- Type of body
- Law student society
Verified14 August 2026
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