The Law Society of the ACT

Not sure the purpose of the function / existence of this organisation! You would expect they regulate the actions of their PROFESSIONAL Practitioners, who are allowed to take the matters important to ordinary people like us in their hand. They all are just there to justify the actions of their fellow blood suckers. just a waste of our money, stay away from the LAW and Law Society or anyone who claims to qualify to advise you to waste your hard earned money in law firms.

It took a long time for me to finally get to the person in-charge. It was a bit frustrating but in the end I am happy with the advice provided. The first contact person (the one who answered the phone) needs more skills training though on phone etiquette and not just immediately pass on the other line the call as if she just wants to get rid of the people calling their office. But Linda and Robert are great.

Simply wastage of time.The lawyer allocated to me was not properly listening to me and was frequently attending phone calls on his mobile (at least 2 calls were attended during our 8-10 minutes conversation).He showed unawareness of the process for which the advice was being sought for. He didn't ask even a single question to understand the problem and never asked for seeing any relevant documentation. Our 15 minutes appointment just finished within less than 10 minutes with no proper outcome.

ACT Law Society is the microcosm of the Australian society: a bunch people who are mean, adversarial, vindictive, intolerant of any criticism or difference in opinion, biased and self serving, amongst other things. What is their purpose really? To look after and protect a bunch of other money grabbing, contrived and incompetent lawyers. No wonder the so called profession of law is considered one of the least trusted one, next to estate agents, second hand car dealers and sex workers are lawyer, one of the most disgusting bunch of people I have seen, and this Society to protect them, and yet, they are so puffed up about themselves...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Totally a waste of time.  I am trying to put my complaint to a legal practitioner who gave me wrong & misleading advice.  They claimed they have resolved to dismiss my complaint pursuant to section 412(1)(a) of the legal professional Act 2006.412 - Dismissal of complaint(1) After finishing an investigation of a complaint against an Australian legal practitioner, the relevant council may dismiss the complaint if satisfied that- (a) there is no reasonable likelihood that the practitioner will be found guilty by the ACAT of either unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct; orDo not waste your time with this organisation. Self regulation is a total failure.

Meets purpose. Opportunity for 15 minute sessions during the day for advice. Nice staff managing reception and coord of attendance, plus great follow-up when times change.

I contacted the law society to complain about how outrageously I was dealt with by a Lawyer and QC in my family court matter. I was threatened into signing an agreement that I thought I had to sign (they implied this) and I had no legal representation at the time. Basically they never wanted to hear anymore. The whole legal system needs to have a Royal commission but this will never happen as they would somehow stop the process anyhow. Total scam.

Not functional . No actual integrity in investigating dodgy lawyers.

I contacted the Law Society about an Estate issue. They said their lawyers don't do pro bono or offer 15 minute free legal advice consultations. They referred me to Legal Aid. Legal Aid only deal in criminal matters as they stated.The Law Society are giving out bad and misleading advice from the get go, I really would not want anyone to contact this neofascist society as they only seem to offer bad advice.

The Society is heavily conflicted by competing ideology and tries to represent both the law and the executive whilst acting, often in conflict of interest circumstances, as the profession's prosecutor. It is too secretive, too introverted and does not encourage or facilitate dissent, a cornerstone of both democracy and progress.