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The Law Society of New South Wales is a professional association which represents over 23,000 solicitors in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Law Society of New South Wales Homepage )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Professional Standards Council Home )〕 The Law Society has statutory powers and regulates the practice of law in New South Wales.〔http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/psc/ll_psc.nsf/vwFiles/Scheme_LawSociety_Summary_nsw_20062011.pdf/$file/Scheme_LawSociety_Summary_nsw_20062011.pdf retrieved 2010-10-27 〕 The Law Society of NSW encourages debate and actively drives law reform issues through policy submissions 〔http://www.lawsociety.com.au/resources/policypapersandsubmissions/index.htm retrieved 2013-09-24〕 and open dialogue with Governments, parliamentary bodies, the Courts and the Attorney General's Department. It ensures the general public has appropriate access to justice and can be easily connected to members of the profession when they require legal advice. Along with the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, the Law Society sets and enforces professional standards,〔http://www.lawsociety.com.au/ForSolictors/professionalstandards/index.htm retrieved 2013-09-24〕 licenses solicitors to practise, investigates complaints and administers discipline to ensure both the community and the profession are properly served by ethical and responsible solicitors. ==History== The Law Society was informally started in 1842. In 1884, the society was formalized as "The Incorporated Law Institute of New South Wales", and had its first annual meeting the following year. In 1960, the institute was renamed to "The Law Society of New South Wales". In 1963, the Society started publishing "The Law Society Journal". The society also established The College of Law in 1973, the Legal Practitioners Act in 1987, Law Industry Superannuation Trust (LIST) and LawCare in 1989, Office of the Legal Services Commissioner in 1992, and the Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) in 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law Society of New South Wales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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