Sentences with phrase «govern regulation of the legal profession»

A leaner new Council of 21 members will govern regulation of the legal profession for the next two years, a substantial reduction from the current complement of 33 members.Read More >

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My recommendation to the profession would be use regulation and the profession's self - governing status to facilitate the creation of circumstances of legal practice that encourage ethical behaviour and a culture of legal practice in which ethical conduct is expected.

And, in England and Wales the reforms go even further: they decisively ended self - regulation of the legal profession by providing that neither the Chair of Legal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawlegal profession by providing that neither the Chair of Legal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawLegal Services Board (LSB, the oversight regulator in England and Wales), nor the majority of the governing board of the LSB may be lawyers.

In the absence of a systematic analysis of judicial regulation in Canada, we lack a complete picture of the current regulatory landscape governing this country's legal profession and how it came to be.

The Court of Appeal for the Yukon Territory had held that the court had no jurisdiction to refuse a withdrawal for nonpayment of fees, in part, because the legal profession is self - governing and that the provincial and territorial law societies have primary responsibility over lawyer regulation.