Council and Committees
The Council is the Society’s decision-making body. Its functions include developing policy and promoting the interests of the solicitors’ profession and the interests of the public in relation to the profession. It has 44 elected members from different geographical constituencies and up to nine co-opted members representing other interest groups. Currently, four non-solicitor observers also sit on the Council. It meets regularly and is usually chaired by the President. Working with departments and others, a wide range of committees and sub-committees report to the Council.
The Society’s committees carry out valuable work looking at a range of issues to do with improving the law and legal practice.
Three over-arching committees have been set up to cover the core activity of the Society’s work – representation and support; regulation and standards; membership and registrar. These committees are headed by group conveners.
Other new committees include the Finance Committee, which has been separated out from the Audit Committee and supports the work of the treasurer and helps to deliver the Society’s financial strategy, and the Nominations Committee, which promotes clear and open recruitment methods for committee and convener appointments.
