STATISTICAL PROFILE OF THE NSW BAR Volume Seven - October 2006

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Members of the NSW Bar Association (practising and non practising) Total number of members Membership distribution by gender Membership distribution by category 1996 - 2006 Geographical location of members Ages of members Senior and junior members E-mail addresses

Bar Association Members with a NSW practising certificate NSW practising Bar Association members Ages of NSW practising Bar Association members NSW practising Bar Association members senior and junior NSW practising Bar Association members - years of practice E-mail addresses for NSW practising Bar Association members

Holders of NSW practising certificates (including interstate and overseas) Holders of NSW practising certificates 1996-2006 Holders of NSW practising certificates by gender Ages of holders of NSW practising certificates Geographical location of holders of NSW practising certificates Holders of NSW practising certificates - seniors and juniors Holders of NSW practising certificates - seniors and juniors by geographical location Holders of NSW practising certificates - years of practice Holders of NSW practising certificates - e-mail addresses

Chambers/Floors with clerks Phillip Street chambers/floors Pitt Street, Macquarie Street and Martin Place chambers/floors Castlereagh, Elizabeth, Liverpool and Goulburn Street chambers/floors Regional chambers/floors Crown Prosecutors, Public Defenders and Parliamentary Counsel Chambers/floors Practice areas

The table of contents in each section lists each category of data contained therein. The data is presented in graphical and table/pie chart format.

The data of the current year is sourced from the certification database maintained by the NSW Bar Association. Data from past years has been obtained from the NSW Bar Association’s annual reports.

All information held by the NSW Bar Association has been provided by individual barrister’s or their staff. Where the Association becomes aware of a change, that change is noted on the database. Further, each year during practising certificate renewals, all barristers are asked to formally confirm the data held about them by the Association.

The current year’s data is 'real time'. Daily changes are made to the certification database as information is received. Whilst daily changes may be minimal, a number of major changes occur each year to the database. These are the renewal of practising certificates in July, the appointment of new silks in October, and the natural transitions of the Bar such as retirements at the end of the calendar year.

It should be noted that the NSW Bar Association database (as with most databases) has limitations and that some data may contain insignificant errors.

The NSW Bar Association welcomes any feedback, whether be it on the data categories or format. If there is other statistical information that has not been included and you think would be useful, please let us know.

If you would like to make any comments on the booklet, please contact:

Kim Kemp
Projects Officer
NSW Bar Association
Telephone: (02) 9229 1756
Facsimile: (02) 9221 1149
E-mail: kkemp@nswbar.asn.au