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Liverpool Law Society wants
your views
Liverpool Law Society is about to embark on a consultation with members on changes to its membership categories. The consultation is in response to the significant changes to the structure of law firms over recent years. The aim of the consultation is to ensure that the Society has a robust and sustainable future, fully engaged with the widest possible constituency of professionals involved in the law.
The consultation is due to be launched on 18 September so look out for an email asking for your views. Every member's response will count so please do take part. There will be a prize draw into which every respondent's name will be entered.
If you do not receive the email for any reason and wish to participate, please contact Sarah Poblete (sarahpoblete@liverpoollawsociety.org.uk) at the Society's office and she will send you a further copy. The consultation will close on 17 October.
Philip Rooney Hon Treasurer
15th October 2017:Service to mark the beginning of the Legal Year
The High Sheriff of Merseyside, Stephen Burrows DL has invited you to:
A Service to mark the beginning of the Legal Year 10.30am Sunday 15th October 2017
Liverpool Cathedral, St James Mount, Liverpool, L1 7AZ The theme of the service for this year is ‘Justice in the Community’
University students/youth groups from across Merseyside region are particularly encouraged to join this special service and they will be given the opportunity to meet the various members of the judicial system over light refreshments afterwards.
Her Majesty the Queen, at her coronation, promised to serve her people and to ensure justice was delivered in the Kingdom. Following her example, once a year, for one hour, Her Majesty’s Judges and others attend the Cathedral and by so doing acknowledge a higher authority than themselves, one recognised by all faiths as a merciful Judge.
The Address will challenge all present as to the meaning of true justice and will urge all to consider how it might be worked out in the communities which we serve.
Although the Cathedral service is a specifically Christian one, those of other faiths and none are very warmly welcomed.
Your Society: please consider standing for election at the 2017 AGM
Your local Law Society
Full members of the Society will be receiving an email in October inviting you to nominate a member of the Society to become a director at the AGM in November. We would like to have a Committee which is as representative as possible of the wide membership the Society encompasses. All members of the Society are eligible for election to the General Committee, but only Full Members can vote in the election, either in person or by proxy. You must be nominated by three members of the Society and serve a three-year term.
The nomination form must be completed and returned to the Society’s offices by 5.00pm on Friday 27th October 2017.
Becoming a director and member of General Committee is an opportunity to shape the future of one of the most active local Law Societies in England and Wales. You will make professional contacts and friends, learn from other's best practice and work shoulder to shoulder with other legal professionals, regardless of status and seniority.
The General Committee consists of up to 27 members, who each serve a three-year term. Every year, nine members of the General Committee retire by rotation at the AGM: up to five of those due to retire may be nominated by the Committee for re-election, and the others are not eligible for re-election until the next AGM.
Elections will take place at the Society’s Annual General Meeting to be held at 1.00pm on Monday, 27th November 2017 at the Society’s officesatHelix. Ifyouwouldlikefurtherinformationaboutthe Committee please visit http://www.liverpoollawsociety.org.uk/about-the-society/committees
or email committees@liverpoollawsociety.org.uk with your query or request.
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