Why Madison Kurtz came home to Biloela, and wants more young practitioners to do the same
This mother has built her professional life in the town where she was born and raised.
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Discover the professional and lifestyle opportunities practice in the regions has to offer
This mother has built her professional life in the town where she was born and raised.
Outside the office, Yolanda exemplifies a form of civic engagement that underpins many regional communities.
Longreach member Jacen Carpenter shares the professional and lifestyle rewards of practicing in Longreach: population 3671.
Regional legal practice provides huge opportunities for firms and young lawyers alike, but for one regional practitioner attracting early career lawyers into the regions is proving a restrictive challenge.
Magistrates Brown, Kissick and Lee were sworn in and welcome to the court this week.
Four Far North Queensland practitioners were acknowledged for their 25 years in the profession.
Rockhampton’s oldest firm celebrated the admission of one of their staff last month.
The Head of Legal at Queensland Country Bank also runs a cane farm in North Queensland.
Two Gladstone lawyers and colleagues were admitted to the profession in a sitting in Rockhampton.
Working in Mt Isa has meant flights in a small plane over the Gulf of Carpentaria are all in a day’s work for Lani Olafsson.
Meet this year’s QLS Excellence in Law Award winners
Meet the 2026 First Nations Student Award winner and Graduate Lawyer of the Year.
The Bloom Law founder won the Emerging Leader honour at the Queensland Law Society Excellence in Law Awards.
Meet the 2026 Regional Practitioner of the Year and Pride in Law Winner.
Meet the 2026 Access to Justice Award, Pro Bono Team of the Year and In-house Counsel of the Year winners.
Meet the 2026 Queensland Solicitors of the Year for Sole Practitioner, Small Firm and Large Firm.
“She (Agnes McWhinney) opened doors that generations of women, myself included, have been fortunate enough to walk through.”
Meet this year’s QLS Excellence in Law Awards winners – McCullough Robertson and Claire McGee.
Meet this year’s QLS Excellence in Law Awards winners – Amber Buckland, Nadia Bromley and Tony Conaghan.
Meet this year’s QLS Excellence in Law Awards winners – Belinda Kochanowska and Rob Grant.
Meet this year’s QLS Excellence in Law Awards winners – Diane Ruhl and Joshua Caeiro.
QLS appreciates the commitment of its members. Each year we celebrate our loyal members who have contributed a remarkable 25 and 50 years to the society and the profession at our annual, state-wide Celebrate Recognise and Socialise events.
John Porter, George Fox, Steve Rudz, Greg Thorne, David Purvis, Matthew Woods, Craig Smith and Robert Downey received gold membership pins.
Mackay lawyers Gene Paterson and Kelly Parker celebrated their career milestones at a recent QLS event.
Brisbane-based practitioners were acknowledged for 25 years in the profession at the Celebrate Recognise Socialise event.
Three practitioners received QLS 50-year gold pins in Brisbane recently – Patrice Grealy-Ridley, Michael Coe and Peter Macgregor.
The Sunshine Coast legal profession celebrated practitioner milestones and contributions.
Four Sunshine Coast practitioners received QLS silver pins for 25 years in the profession.
Gold Coast District Law Association President Anna Morgan celebrated the region’s 1510 lawyers at the recent QLS Celebrate Recognise Socialise event.
Five practitioners received their 25-year and 50-year membership pins in Townsville recently.
North Queensland solicitors celebrated professional milestones at a recent QLS function.
Far North Queensland practitioners celebrated QLS member milestones.
Milburns Law consultant David Lewis celebrated 50 years in the profession at a QLS event in Hervey Bay.
QLS Legal Practitioner Director – Ethics and Practice Centre – Judy Hayward received her 25-year pin at Law Society House.
150 years
This year, QLS is celebrating the 150-year anniversary since the first law society in Queensland. QLS Proctor publishes a special series of articles to mark the occasion.
Much has changed in the 150 years since the first Queensland law society was formed – take a look back at some of the key developments and events.
How has the part women play in the legal profession changed over time? Queensland Law Society female Past Presidents share their reflections with QLS Proctor.
QLS highlights its First Nations journey during National Reconciliation Week 2023.
In NAIDOC Week and as QLS celebrates its 150-year anniversary, we speak with the first Indigenous person to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court in Queensland.
QLS is celebrating 150 years of advocating for good law and serving the public good. In this two-part series, we look back on the Society’s positive impacts on the community, starting with the first 75 years.
QLS Law Clerks Jaime Gunning and Caiti Betts look back at the history of the Society’s advocacy role over 150 years.
The Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) is hosting the third Selden Society lecture of the year on Thursday, 3 August. The lecture, Queensland Law Society:
Early career lawyer committees have a long history at QLS; first emerging in 1965 as a new sectional group called the Young Members Committee.
The joint QLS and Supreme Court Library Exhibition, A Force For Good: past, present and future, was officially opened last night.
Historian Helen Gregory shared the colourful history of the state’s lawyers struggle to enhance, regulate and maintain professional standards at the Selden Lecture.
Helen Gregory’s funeral will be held this week.