International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives (IILACE)

The International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives held its 2016 conference and AGM in Wellington, New Zealand from 26 to 29 October 2016.  

The theme of the conference was “Preparing for the Future – Demographics, Trends and New Realities.”

Topics included:

• Legal Education
• Shifting Generations and Shifting Times
• How Core is Our Core Values?
• Diversity in the Legal Profession is an Access to Justice Issue.
• Navigating Our Global Future
• Innovations in the Delivery of Legal Services to the Consumer
• Building a New Regulator – Renovate or Tear Down?
• Resilience Under Pressure – Thriving Over Surviving
• Governance for a Culture of Success

The Executive Committee, elected for a two-year term, is:

Front: Christine Grice (Law Society of New Zealand) – Officer at Large, Retha Steinmann (Law Society of Namibia) – Vice President Paula Littlewood (Washington State Bar Association) - Officer at Large Back: John Hoyles (Canadian Bar Association) – Honorary Executive Member Cord Bruegmann (German Bar Association) – President Paul Mollerup (Association of Danish Law Firms) – Officer at Large Timothy McGee (Law Society of British Columbia) – Immediate Past President Absent:  Heidi Chu (Law Society of Hong Kong) - Officer at Large

Editor’s Note: Iilace (pronounced “eye-lace”) is an association of Chief Executive Officers of the Law Societies and Bar Associations from around the world. IILACE provides a focused forum for exchange of views and information of common interest of local, national and international executive officers of law societies and bar associations. The purposes of IILACE are to: (a) Facilitate the exchange of views and information between members on key issues affecting law associations, being law societies and bar associations; and develop a network for communication among chief executive officers of law societies and bar associations. (b) Promote and defend the status and interests of the legal profession, law associations and the rule of law.   (c) Hold periodic forums for discussion of matters of mutual interest. One of the most valuable benefits of IILACE membership is the ability to network and interact with other Chief Executives of law societies and bar associations from around the world. This is accomplished both through face-to-face meetings at the IILACE Annual Conference and also using emerging technologies. IILACE held its inaugural meeting in Edinburgh in July 1999, followed by its annual meeting in Hong Kong in November 2000.   Thereafter the following conferences and meetings took place: 2001 – Chicago, USA 2002 – Durban, South Africa 2003 – Montreal, Canada 2004 – Auckland, New Zealand 2005 – Prague, Czech Republic 2006 - New York, USA 2007 – Singapore 2008 – Windhoek, Namibia - hosted by the LSN 2009 – Dublin, Ireland 2010 – Vancouver, Canada 2011 – Adelaide, Australia 2012 – Hong Kong 2013 – Berlin, Germany 2014 – Cape Town, South Africa 2015 – Washington, DC 2016 – Wellington, New Zealand