Law Council of Australia
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The Law Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations to represent the profession at a national level and at an international level. Gordon Hughes, a former President of the Law Council, has written a book on the Law Council's history titled The Law Council of Australia – the People, the Profession and the Institutions.
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List of presidents
List of presidents of the Law Council of Australia:
- 1933: Herbert Mayo
- 1934: Richard Clive Teece
- 1935: John Latham
- 1936: Francis George Villeneuve Smith
- 1937: Richard Teece (2nd term)
- 1938: William Butler
- 1939: Alec McGill
- 1940: Reginald Bonney
- 1941–45: David Maughan
- 1946: Roy McArthur
- 1947: Edward Reynolds
- 1948–49: Robert Vroland
- 1950–51: Harry Alderman
- 1952–53: Garfield Barwick
- 1954–55: Leonard Butts
- 1956–57: Douglas Menzies
- 1958–59: Oscar Negus
- 1960–61: Wilfrid Francis
- 1962–63: John Bruce Piggott
- 1964–65: John Kerr
- 1966–67: Howard Zelling
- 1968–69: Peter Connolly
- 1970–71: Thomas Molomby
- 1972–73: Peter Brinsden
- 1974–75: Kevin O'Leary
- 1976–77: David Ferguson
- 1978: Cedric Thomson
- 1979: John Carlisle Richards
- 1980: Peter Cranswick
- 1981: Donald Mackay
- 1982: Gerry Murphy
- 1983: Ian Temby
- 1984: Cecil Pincus
- 1984–85: Alan Cornell
- 1985–86: Michael Gill
- 1986–87: Daryl Williams
- 1987–88: John Faulks
- 1988–89: Denis Byrne
- 1989–90: Mahla Pearlman
- 1990–91: Alex Chernov
- 1991–92: David Miles
- 1992–93: Robert Meadows
- 1993–94: John Mansfield
- 1994–95: Stuart Fowler
- 1995–96: Michael Phelps
- 1996–97: Peter Short
- 1997–98: Bret Walker
- 1998–99: Fabian Dixon
- 1999–00: Gordon Hughes
- 2000–01: Anne Trimmer
- 2001–02: Tony Abbott
- 2002–03: Ron Heinrich
- 2003–04: Bob Gotterson
- 2004–05: Stephen Southwood
- 2005–06: John North
- 2006–07: Tim Bugg
- 2007–08: Ross Ray
- 2009: John Corcoran
- 2010: Glenn Ferguson
- 2011: Alexander Ward
- 2012: Catherine Gale
- 2013: Joseph Catanzariti
- 2014: Michael Colbran
- 2015: Duncan McConnel
- 2016: Stuart Clark
- 2017: Fiona McLeod
- 2018: Morry Bailes
- 2019: Arthur Moses
- 2020: Pauline Wright
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