Activities and benefits
Being a member of a Young Lawyers Committee has many benefits. Our Committees are a significant vehicle for NSW Young Lawyers to participate in a wide range of activities and projects and ultimately make a contribution that benefits both the profession and community.
What committees do
While each Committee has specific aims and priorities, members are usually involved in the following types of activities:
- Writing submissions on proposed policy or law changes.
- Organising seminars and forums for the benefit of young lawyers, the profession and the community.
- Creating, organising and implementing projects for the benefit of young people or the disadvantaged.
- Organising networking and other social events.
- Monitoring and informing members of legal, procedural and commercial developments in the Committee's practice area.
Benefits of committee involvement
Through active participation in a committee you can:
- help shape the legal profession and the law
- improve the standing and reputation of the profession
- enhance your professional and personal skills
- in some cases, earn MCLE points
- network within the profession to raise your profile and increase career opportunities
- increase your expertise in a practice area
- ensure that you and the profession can access up-to-date and relevant CLE
- meet high profile members of the profession and the business community
- develop your public speaking skills by chairing or speaking at a Young Lawyers CLE session
- develop leadership skills by becoming a leader of a project sub-committee or a Committee Chair
- add a broader dimension to your practice of law
- help others in the community
- make new friends and have some fun.
Read the Responsibilities of Committee Membership.
CONTACT
- NSW Young Lawyers
- 170 Phillip Street
- Sydney NSW 2000
- T: (02) 9926 0270
- F: (02) 9926 0282
- DX 362 Sydney
- E: ylgeneral@lawsociety.com.au
- www.younglawyers.com.au
