Young Lawyers Committee

Welcome to the YLC section of the Law Society of Western Australia website.

The Young Lawyers Committee works for all law students and lawyers in their first five years of practice or under the age of 35 years. To get the full benefit of what YLC can offer you, membership of the Law Society of Western Australia is required.

This YLC section of the Society website contains information about YLC events and CPD, the YLC Committee and its working groups, as well as how to get involved in them.

The YLC runs a number of events and services for young lawyers across diverse areas.

Check out the Events page for the most up to date details and for information on how to register.

Note: all events are subject to change

Social & Networking

• Calendar Kick-off – 9 March 2012
• Welcome to the Profession Breakfast – 19 April 2012
• Golden Gavel Breakfast – 21 June 2012
• Quiz Night – July 2012
• Young Lawyers Ball – September 2012
• End of Year Celebration– November 2012 

Education & Advocacy Training

Check out the Upcoming CPD Events for a full list of events and information on how to register.

• YLC Basics Seminars (10 x 1 hour CPD seminars) – first Thursday evening of each month
• Advocacy Theory Workshop, Perth – May 2012
• Careers Uncut Evening for Law Students – May 2012
• Advocacy Practical Weekend, Mandurah - August 2012

Sport

Check out the Upcoming Social Events for a full list of events and information on how to register.

• Calendar Kick Off Drinks - 9 March 2012
• Beach Volleyball Competition - 30 March 2012

Human Rights & Social Justice

• Human Rights & Social Justice Careers & Opportunities Evening –
  Coming in 2012
• Charity Breakfast – October 2012

Communicating with Young Lawyers

• Quarterly Young Lawyers News section in Brief journal View archive
• Monthly updates in Brief journal
• Monthly YLC e-Newsletter View archive
• Bi-monthly Human Rights & Social Justice Bulletin
• facebook group
• Society website

Support

• Graduate Telephone Advisory Service – A panel of practitioners willing to assist graduates with matters pertaining to their employment
• Graduate Clearing House - The Society provides a clearing house facility for graduates who have not yet accepted an offer of articles in the graduate recruitment period
• LawCare(WA) - A range of initiatives by the Society to support the mental health and wellbeing of members. The initiative includes professional, confidential and free counselling and information services to support members. As part of the service, members can access up to three free counselling sessions and a range of online information resources.

More Information

• YLC Committee and Working Groups
• Graduate Support
• e-Newsletter
• facebook
• Contact Us