The Law Council of Australia, founded in 1933, is an association of

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and

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s from the

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, and the peak body representing the

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. The Law Council represents more than 65,000 lawyers across Australia .html" ;"title="ref name=":0">">ref name=":0">and has its national base in Canberra.

History

The Law Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations to represent the profession at a national level and at an international level. Dr Gordon Hughes, a former President of the Law Council, has written a book on the Law Council's history titled ''The Law Council of Australia – the People, the Profession and the Institutions.''

List of presidents

List of presidents of the Law Council of Australia: *1933: Herbert Mayo *1934: Richard Clive Teece *1935: John Latham *1936: Francis George Villeneuve Smith *1937: Richard Teece (2nd term) *1938: William Butler *1939: Alec McGill *1940: Reginald Bonney *1941–45: David Maughan *1946: Roy McArthur *1947:

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*1948–49: Robert Vroland *1950–51: Harry Alderman *1952–53:

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*1954–55: Leonard Butts *1956–57:

Douglas Menzies Sir Douglas Ian Menzies KBE (7 September 190729 November 1974) was an Australian judge, serving as a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He was also Chancellor of Monash University from 1968 until his death in 1974. Early life Menzies ...

*1958–59:

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*1960–61: Wilfrid Francis *1962–63: John Bruce Piggott *1964–65: John Kerr *1966–67: Howard Zelling *1968–69: Peter Connolly *1970–71: Thomas Molomby *1972–73:

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*1974–75:

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*1976–77: David Ferguson *1978: Cedric Thomson *1979: John Carlisle Richards *1980: Peter Cranswick *1981: Donald Mackay *1982: Gerry Murphy *1983:

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*1984: Cecil Pincus *1984–85: Alan Cornell *1985–86:

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*1986–87:

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*1987–88: John Faulks *1988–89:

Denis Byrne Denis Martin Byrne (born 24 October 1974) is an Irish sportsperson who is a hurling All Star. He played with his local club Graigue–Ballycallan, in County Kilkenny, from 1991-2009, and with Kilkenny senior inter-county hurling team from 1 ...

*1989–90:

Mahla Pearlman Mahla Liane Pearlman (2 June 1937 – 2 December 2011) was an Australian lawyer and chief judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales from 1992 to 2003. Early life and education Pearlman was born in Boggabri, New South Wales, ...

*1990–91:

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*1991–92:

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*1992–93: Robert Meadows *1993–94:

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*1994–95: Stuart Fowler *1995–96:

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*1996–97: Peter Short *1997–98: Bret Walker *1998–99: Fabian Dixon *1999–00: Gordon Hughes *2000–01: Anne Trimmer *2001–02:

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*2002–03: Ron Heinrich *2003–04: Bob Gotterson *2004–05: Stephen Southwood *2005–06: John North *2006–07: Tim Bugg *2007–08: Ross Ray *2009: John Corcoran *2010:

Glenn Ferguson Glenn Ferguson (born 10 July 1969) is a Northern Irish former football player and manager. Ferguson amassed over 1,000 domestic appearances in a career where he played for Ards, Glenavon, Linfield and Lisburn Distillery, and scored a tota ...

*2011: Alexander Ward *2012: Catherine Gale *2013: Joseph Catanzariti *2014: Michael Colbran *2015: Duncan McConnel *2016:

Stuart Clark Stuart Rupert Clark (born 28 September 1975) is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australian team. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His nickname "Sarfraz" originates from the similarities of his bowli ...

*2017:

Fiona McLeod Fiona Grace McLeod (born 3 December 1957) is a Scottish politician who served as acting Minister for Children and Young People from 2014 to 2015. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), she was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) f ...

*2018: Morry Bailes *2019: Arthur Moses *2020: Pauline Wright

References

External links

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