1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012
| 6 May 2011 |
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| 13 June 2011 |
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| w/c 27 June 2011 |
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| 1 July 2011 |
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To renew your practising certificate you must complete the renewal form (which includes the declaration) and pay the prescribed fees. Renewal forms will be sent to all currently registered lawyers in early May. Declarations and payments may be made online or by mail. You can:
If a firm/organisation has appointed a liaison person, NZLS will provide a list of all the lawyers in the organisation and the required payments once the renewal forms and invoices have been sent to the individual lawyers. If your organisation wishes to appoint a liaison person please contact registry@lawsociety.org.nz or phone 0800 22 30 30.
Subject to a resolution of the Council and ministerial approval, the Board has recommended that the total fees, levies and contributions for the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 will be as follows:
If finally approved the fees total in each case represents a $20.00 (exc. GST) increase over last year.
The NZLS does not issue receipts for payment of practising fees, levies and contributions.
Please note that these fees do not include a membership subscription for the Law Society.
All lawyers should check their records on the register of lawyers and notify the Registry by email of any changes.
The register of lawyers is required to show whether a holder of a practising certificate as a barrister and solicitor is:
There are no alternative options for the purposes of the public register.
Lawyers can log in and review their register of lawyer record and update certain information.
To do this you will need:
Once you log on using this password, you will be able to change it to one of your own choice.
Membership of the Law Society entitles holders to benefits such as preferential rates for NZLS Continuing Legal Education Seminars and selected branch activities. Members of the Law Society are automatically members of the local branch and are eligible to join a Law Society section.
In the 2010 to 2011 practising year, no NZLS membership subscription was struck. The Board’s recommendation to the Council is that members not be required to pay a membership subscription for the 2011 to 2012 year.
Current members of the Family Law and Property Law Sections, and premium members of the Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand will be invoiced for section membership fees as part of the renewal process.
Non-section members who wish to join a section should indicate their desire to join on the renewal application form as part of the renewal process, and they will be invoiced separately. Alternatively, if you wish to join before the renewal process, you can contact christine.pugh@lawsociety.org.nz.
Last year we asked all lawyers to keep a record of their professional legal education (PLE) for the 2010 – 2011 practising year. Consequently, the practising certificate renewal packs will include a short PLE Information Return for lawyers to complete.
Respondents have the choice of completing it:
The information from lawyers will provide a benchmark for the design of the CPD programme. To maintain data integrity, we need lawyers to make individual responses. Firms are able to collect the individual responses and include them with the bulk renewals.
If you wish to discuss this further with us, please contact the Law Society by emailing bronwyn.jones@lawsociety.org.nz or phone 04 463 2906.
Any queries about the register and the renewal process should be directed to:
Registry
New Zealand Law Society
PO Box 5041, Lambton Quay, Wellington 6145
DX SP20202
Email: registry@lawsociety.org.nz
Phone: 0800 22 30 30
Fax: +64 4 463 2989