Frazer Barton will be at the helm for another 12 months
The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa has confirmed a second term at the helm for current president Frazer Barton.
Barton, the Anderson Lloyd partner who became the first South Island-based Law Society president since the 90s in October 2022, said that it was ” a privilege to have the trust and confidence of the legal profession to continue to serve them and the wider public as president”.
“I am proud of the work the Law Society and the wider profession are doing to modernise, transform and adapt. I am honoured to have the chance to continue serve the legal community on that journey”, he said.
“We all join the legal profession to serve the communities in which we live. Whether that be in our biggest cities or our smallest towns, every one of the over 16,000 lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand plays a part. I am grateful for all of the work lawyers do each and every day to help build a country and a profession which we can all be immensely proud of”.
Barton highlighted the recently published results of an independent review commissioned by the Law Society, which called for significant changes to the legal profession.
“The independent review is critical for shaping the future of the Law Society and the regulation of lawyers. This work to ensure we transform and modernise is essential to meeting the needs of modern Aotearoa New Zealand and maintaining the trust and confidence in the legal profession”, he said.
Barton’s first term as president concluded last month; he took over the remainder of Jacque Lethbridge’s term after she resigned from the post.
