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Country societies

Below are the contact details and other information for regional law societies located outside the Sydney Metropolitan area.

Albury & District

President: Mr David Bartram
Weatherly Bartram
3rd Floor Albury City Council Chambers
553 Kiewa St
Albury NSW 2640
T: (02) 6041 2202
E: david@weatherlybartram.com.au
W: www.lawsociety.com.au/albury

Blue Mountains

President: Sandra Morey
Glenbrook Legal Services
P.O. Box 182
Glenbrook NSW 2773
T: (02) 4739 3447
F: (02) 4739 3715
E: sandra@morey.com.au

Area: Lapstone to Lithgow
Objectives: To represent legal practitioners in the Blue Mountains; to take action to benefit legal practitioners in the Blue Mountains; to duly recognise our members; to raise the profile of local practitioners in the Blue Mountains;  to be a good community citizen.
Activities: Social events and MCLE seminars for members; community presentations on pertinent legal topics; sponsorship of tertiary scholarships and high school prizes; co-ordination of Law Week in the Blue Mountains.
Membership: Practising solicitors form the core of the Society. Different types of membership are available. Non-lawyers who are interested in joining with lawyers to pursue the Society's objectives may become lay members. Honorary members are retired, long-serving local practitioners or local practitioners who have been appointed to a judicial office and the Registrar at a Local Court. To join complete an application form, which is available upon request.
Annual fees: $25

Central Coast

President: John Arms
Attorney-General's Dept. (NSW)
Court House
Gosford NSW 2250
T: (02) 4304 6922
E: john_arms@agd.nsw.gov.au
W: www.lawsociety.com.au/centralcoast

Objectives: To promote and support local legal initiatives, to lobby on key issues affecting the local legal profession and to assist with the provision of educational and training opportunities for the local profession.

Central Western

President: Evan Dowd
McIntosh McPhillamy & Co.
PO Box 33
Bathurst NSW 2795
DX 3102 Bathurst
T: (02) 6331 1533
F: (02) 6331 9279
E: edowd@mcmc.com.au

Area: Orange, Bathurst, Cowra, Forbes, Parkes, Rylstone and Grenfell
Objectives: To facilitate networking for local practitioners and to provide MCLE seminars for the benefit of all members who are often unable to attend such events held in Sydney; To support local communities through the provision bursaries and scholarships and by assisting the Law Society's Mock Trial Competition. For more information see the 2011 President's Report and the President's Letter 2012.
Committee Members: 2011 Contact List
Meetings: Monthly meetings, mainly via tele-conference; Annual General Meeting held in November. Read the Minutes of the AGM held on 25 November 2011.
MCLE: seminars throughout the year; an annual full-day MCLE and an annual Lawyers Lunch.
Bursary and Student Prize: Read the Criteria and Application for the CWLS Bursary and 2012 student prize.
Membership: CWLS welcomes all new practitioners to the region and encourages them to join. To be a member you must be a practitioner working in the region, or be a law student within the region. To join, complete the 2012 Membership Application Form and return it, together with payment, to the Treasurer, Beth Pratley, DX 3102 Bathurst or PO Box 33, Bathurst NSW 2795. For more information call Beth on (02) 6331 1533 or email epratley@mcmc.com.au
Annual fees: $20

Clarence River & Coffs Harbour

President: Cassandra Banks
Susan Green Legal Practice
PO Box 2373
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
T: (02) 6651 7099
F: (02) 6652 7090
E: cassandra@susangreen.com.au

Far North Coast

President: Bill Grace
W J Grace & Co
PO Box 875
Ballina 2478
T: (02) 6681 1811
F: (02) 6686 0165
E: bill.grace@wjgrace.com.au
W. www.farnorthcoastlawyers.com.au 

Far South Coast & Monaro

President: Andrew Fleming
Elizabeth Fleming & Associates
DX 4878 Moruya
T: (02) 4472 8600
F: (02) 4472 1999
E: Andrew@fleminglaw.com.au

Far West

President: Cindy Grahame
Far West Community Legal Centre
5 Chloride Street
Broken Hill NSW 2880
T: (08) 8088 2020
F: (02) 8088 2060
E: cindy.grahame@farwestclc.org.au

Hunter Valley

President: Warwick Hill
Warwick Hill Lawyer
63 Hunter Street
Newcastle NSW 2300
T: (02) 4023 2344
F: (02) 4023 4213
E: wjh@warwickhill.com.au

 

Macarthur Law Society

President: Laura McGookin
Caldwell Martin Cox Solicitors
DX 26051 Picton
T: (02) 4677 1292
F: (02) 4677 1442
E: laura@cmcox.com.au 

Mid-North Coast

President: Mr Digby Dunn
STACKS The Law Firm
17 Wharf Street
Forster NSW 2428
T: (02) 6554 7766
F: (02) 6555 4909
E: mail@stacksforster.com.au 

Nepean Hawkesbury

President: Roderick Storie
Roderick Storie Solicitors
290 Windsor Street
Richmond NSW 2753
PO Box 1077
Richmond NSW 2753
T: (02) 4578 8544
F: (02) 4578 8533

Newcastle

President: Mr Gary Fox
Attwaters
DX 7846 Newcastle
T: (02) 4926 2255
F: (02) 4926 4073
E: gfox@attwaters.com.au 
W: www.newcastlelawsociety.com.au

North & North-West

President: Brendan Moylan
Webb & Boland Pty Ltd
PO Box 180
MOREE NSW 2400
T: (02) 6752 2244
F: (02) 6752 4989
E: brendan@webbandboland.com.au

Orana

President: Mr Andrew Boog
Austen Brown, Boog Solicitors
DX 4017 Dubbo
T: (02) 6882 5333
F: (02) 6885 2700
E: agb@austenbrown.com.au

Activities: Annual Dinner; MCLE seminars; sponsorship of student prize in Legal Studies.
Membership: To join contact Jane North at Booth Brown Samuels & Olney on (02) 6882 1844.
Annual fees: $44 for solicitors in private practice; $22 for solicitors working for Legal Aid, DPP, ALS or Community Legal Centres; $22 for Graduates-at-Law, Law Clerks studying law and retired practitioners.

Riverina

President: John Eades
Noyce, Salmon & D'Aquino
DX 5902 Griffith
T: (02) 6962 1788
F: (02) 6962 7237

Shoalhaven & District

President: Carolyn Hagedoorn
Marriott Oliver
89 Plunkett Street
Nowra NSW 2541
T: (02) 4422 4422
F: (02) 4422 8888
E:chagedoorn@marriottoliver.com.au

 

 

Southern Tablelands

President: Andrew Herring
Herring & Associates - Lawyers
DX 24216 Queanbeyan
T: (02) 6162 1606
F: (02) 6162 1608
E: andrew.herring@herringlawyers.com.au

South West Slopes

President: Maggie Orman
Maggie Orman Pty Ltd
PO Box 657
Wagga Wagga NSW 2650
T: (02) 6931 0050
F: (02) 6931 0051
E: maggie.orman@bigpond.com

Wollongong & District

President: Mr David Potts
Kells the Lawyers
83-85 Market Street
Wollongong
T: (02) 4221 9311
F: (02) 4226 1517
E:  dpotts@kells.com.au  

Area: The LGAs of Wollongong, Shellharbour and Kiama.
Objectives: To promote and support local legal initiatives, to lobby on key issues effecting the local legal profession and to assist with the provision of education and training opportunities for the local profession.
Meetings: Executive meetings are held approximately every 3 months and an AGM is held between August and October.
CLE Seminars: The Society organises the Seminar on the Sea in March. The Seminar on the Sea in 2013 will take place on Saturday 16 March 2013. The Society will also organise other CLE during the course of the year.
Coverage: The Wollongong District Law Society encourages all new practitioners to the region to join. To be a member you must be a practitioner working within the region.
Annual fees: $50.
 

 

 

 

CONTACT

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  • Law Society of NSW
  • 170 Phillip Street
  • Sydney NSW 2000
  • DX 362 Sydney
  • T: (02) 9926 0276
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