Regulation
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is the governing body for the legal profession in Nova Scotia, which currently includes approximately 2,500 practising lawyers and non-practising members.
The Society’s purpose is to uphold and protect the public interest in regulating the practice of law in Nova Scotia. The following important documents govern this mandate:
- Legal Profession Act
- Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Regulations, made pursuant to the Act
- Code of Professional Conduct (in effect as of January 1, 2012)
- Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct: a Handbook for Lawyers in Nova Scotia (The Handbook) (no longer in effect, as of December 31, 2011)
Find out more about credentialing and admissions, professional responsibility, public hearings and decisions, trust accounts and Client ID Regulations.
Detailed information about regulation across Canada, through 14 provincial and territorial law societies, is available from the Federation of Law Societies.
