The role of the Public Issues Committee is to consider any legal issues of current public interest or concern and to release papers on such issues to the media and to Government.

The Committee was formed to encourage its members to consider and comment on public issues for the public benefit, particularly public issues with a legal element.

The Committee’s aim is to assist the public in understanding legal points that may arise in matters under discussion in the public domain. When the Committee issues a paper or press release its views are its own. It cannot and does not necessarily represent the views of all lawyers nor has the subject under discussion necessarily been considered by the Council of the Auckland District Law Society.

Click here to view the Public Issues committee members

Click here to view the Public Issue 2007/08 annual report

Click here to view the Public Issues Committee Papers