Bristol Law Society is a private members’ local law society of about 1000 which represents and supports the local legal community. Membership is renewable annually and is open to all solicitors, barristers, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and ILEX members who are entitled to join as Associates Members if not eligible for full membership. For more information see About Us. To apply to join, you must have a proposer and seconder who are members of Bristol Law Society. All cheques should be sent to the office and made payable to Bristol Law Society. We can invoice you or take credit card payments over the telephone on 0117 976 3087. If you have any queries, please contact us at membership@bristollawsociety.com. Members will receive the monthly ezine, Legal Life, offering local news and lifestyle offers. Click on www.legal-life.com to view current and archived editions and/or email us on news@legal-life.com if you have a story.
To apply to join, please note that you must have a proposer and seconder who are members of Bristol Law Society. All cheques should be sent to Bristol Law Society made payable to BLS. If you have any queries, please contact us at membership@bristollawsociety.com
If you wish to apply or pay your annual fee online, please note that due to technical difficulties we are currently unable to accept payments on-line. We can however take credit card payments over the telephone. Please call 0117 976 3087.
Membership confers a number of benefits including access to various special offers and special rates to attend BLS events. Members receive the Bristol Law Society monthly news and views magazine, Legal Life and are entitled to access the centrally located Law Library and use the Library reading room.
To appy for Full Membership, please complete the attached form and return to the BLS Office: Click Here
To apply for Associate Membership, please complete the attached form and return to the BLS Office: Click Here
SUBSCRIPTIONS RENEWAL FOR EXISTING BRISTOL LAW SOCIETY MEMBERS 2011:
Subscriptions for the new membership year became due on 1 December 2010. All members will receive a letter from the BLS Office advising them that their membership is due for renewal. A letter will also be sent to firms with a list of members. Subscription rates have not been increased and are as follows:
£100.00 Partners/Principals; Sole Practitioners (where there is only one qualified solicitor within the firm); Barristers (Associate Members)
£75.00 Corporate Rate (per practitioner if all practitioners of that firm subscribe)
£60.00 Other solicitors admitted three years or more
£40.00 Other solicitors admitted less than three years; Locum solicitors; ILEX members etc (Associate Members)
£30.00 Retired/unemployed solicitors
Free Trainee Solicitors, Pupil Barristers (Associate Members), LPC Students
Cheques should be made payable to Bristol Law Society and sent to the BLS Office. Bank details for BACS payments are available upon request.
