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New South Wales Bar Association

Association of barristers in the Australian state of New South Wales

Summary

Association of barristers in the Australian state of New South Wales

FieldValue
imageNSW_Bar_Association_logo.jpg
formation1936
statusBar Association
purposeRegulation of Barristers
headquartersSydney
leader_titlePresident
leader_nameDr Ruth Higgins SC
affiliationsAustralian Bar Association
website
nameThe New South Wales Bar Association
size200px
abbreviationNSWBar
locationAustralia
region_servedNew South Wales
membership2,362 practising; 3,218 total (as at 30 June 2023)

The New South Wales Bar Association is a professional body of lawyers responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The body administers the bar examination in accordance with the Legal Profession Uniform Law.

History

Formerly known as the Council of the Bar of New South Wales, the organisation was incorporated on 22 October 1936 as The New South Wales Bar Association. The College of Arms granted the Bar Association's coat of arms in 1959.

Presidents

PresidentCommencedEndedNotes
title=The Hon. Trevor Rees Morlingurl=http://www.supremecourt.nt.gov.au/judges/former/morling.htmlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423112953/http://www.supremecourt.nt.gov.au/judges/former/morling.htmlarchive-date=Apr 23, 2015accessdate=21 March 2019website=Supreme Court (NT)}}
url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWJSchol/2009/9.htmltitle=Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery KCjournal=New South Wales Judicial Scholarshipdate=5 January 2024last1=Slatteryfirst1=Justice M. }} [2009] NSW Judicial Scholarship 9.
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Arms

Explanatory notes

References

References

  1. New South Wales Bar Association. "Bar Council".
  2. New South Wales Bar Association. (30 June 2023). "Annual Report 2022–23".
  3. "About us". New South Wales Bar Association.
  4. Bennett, J M. "Teece, Richard Clive (1877–1965)".
  5. "Hon. Mr Justice Keith Aubrey Ferguson KC, BA, LLB". NSW State Archives & Records.
  6. "Bruce Panton MacFarlan OBE, KC, BA, LLB Hons". NSW State Archives & Records.
  7. "John Dashwood Holmes (QC, BA, LLB)".
  8. Persse, Jonathan W De B. "Riley, Bernard Blomfield (1912–1978)".
  9. "The Hon G D Needham KC". NSW Bar Association.
  10. Byers, Maurice. "Douglas Gordon Patrick McGregor – Obituary".
  11. "The Hon. Trevor Rees Morling".
  12. Ellis, Graham. "John Coombs KC (1937–2007)".
  13. (5 January 2024). "Swearing-In Ceremony of the Honourable Michael Slattery KC". New South Wales Judicial Scholarship.
  14. New South Wales Bar Association. (9 November 2017). "Bar Association office bearers for 2018".
  15. New South Wales Bar Association. (12 November 2020). "Bar Association office bearers for 2021".
  16. New South Wales Bar Association. (12 May 2022). "Bar Association office bearers for 2022".
  17. New South Wales Bar Association. (11 November 2023). "Bar Association office bearers for 2024".
  18. Low, Charles. (1971). "A Roll of Australian Arms". Rigby Limited.
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