Regulatory
Compliance
The Law Society seeks to align the commercial imperatives that drive the business of legal practice with the regulatory framework largely contained in the Legal Profession Uniform Law.
This approach encourages solicitors to view regulatory compliance, not as an authoritative burden, but as a means to generate client satisfaction and drive profitability.
Regulatory Compliance Support Unit (RCSU)
The Regulatory Compliance Support Unit offers solicitors confidential assistance to prevent compliance issues from escalating into complaints and disciplinary actions. The RCSU is staffed by two experienced solicitors in the Law Society’s Professional Standards Department, who have detailed knowledge of the Uniform Law and an understanding of solicitors’ working lives. The RCSU can assist you with the following queries:
As sole practitioners, sole principals of incorporated legal practices and sole principals of unincorporated legal practices, (‘sole principals’) you are particularly vulnerable to disruption if you are suddenly unable to manage your law practice.
For more information, please see our Contingency plan for sole principals: how to nominate your personal representative and an alternate.
- Choosing a law practice structure – please contact the Regulatory Compliance Support Unit on 02 9926 0115 for any enquiries relating to practice structures or refer to the following Law Practice checklists.
- Practice Management – for tips on how to manage your practice read the Compliance review toolkit.
- Business Development – for a wealth of articles on developing your practice read the update on Advertising Legal Services
- Trust account issues – see our Trust account seminar notes
- Incorporated Legal Practice toolkit (updated October 2021)
- How to apply for your practising certificate, conditions of practice and more
- Supervised legal practice - What is it? When and how can you apply to remove condition?
- Show cause/disclosure issues – find out if and when you need to disclose certain events to the Law Society
- Practising foreign law in NSW – how to register as an Australian-registered foreign lawyer
- Interstate practitioners – do you need to notify the Law Society of your practice in NSW
The Law Society of NSW and its partner insurer Lawcover are alerting lawyers about the growing risk of cyber fraud as legal practitioners increasingly shifted their businesses online during 2020.
- Click here to download a free checklist on how to prevent cyber fraud.
- Click here to download a flyer which you can distribute to clients to help them reduce the risk of cyber fraud.
- For more information and to download resources go to Lawcover’s website.
View our range of fact sheets, including regulatory obligations for law practices and individuals.