Law Society veteran takes the reins
President's Message | 11 March 2024
I’m delighted to inform members that the Council of the Law Society at its meeting last week approved the appointment of Kenneth Tickle as CEO of this organisation on a permanent basis. Kenneth has been Acting CEO since October last year, a period in which he has provided outstanding leadership.
During this time, both the Immediate Past President Cassandra Banks and I, along with all of Council, have been grateful for and impressed by Kenneth’s performance in that role.
Kenneth’s history at the Law Society stretches back almost two decades after he first started with us in 2006. That longevity means he brings with him an unequalled depth of corporate knowledge to the role.
This will be an enormous advantage as Kenneth works with decision makers in government and the courts, along with our Council and staff as he pursues the Law Society’s dual roles representing our members’ interests and regulating the NSW solicitor profession.
When Kenneth first joined the Law Society, NSW had just over 20,000 practising solicitors. That number now eclipses 41,000.
I’m sure members join with me in congratulating Kenneth on his new role and wishing him well as he works for the betterment of the justice system in NSW and beyond.
Celebrating diversity
There’s a saying that ‘diversity in all its forms is the path to greatness’. The Law Society takes this to heart in promoting diversity and inclusion, through the work of our D&I Committee and several events throughout the year.
We’ve continued on from our Pride Cocktail Party and Pride Breakfast (featuring the Former President of the Canadian Bar Association Steeves Bujold, Ad. E.) to last Friday’s sold-out International Women’s Day (IWD) breakfast with Justice Dina Yehia, who provided an impressive and engaging presentation on the theme of this year’s IWD, Inspire Inclusion.
Later this month, we will mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a Cultural Diversity Networking Event where we have the honour of hearing from another distinguished judicial officer, Magistrate Imad Abdul Karim.
His Honour’s is an impressive story, arriving in Australia at just 15 as a refugee from Lebanon with no English, with his early teachers harbouring low expectations. Magistrate Karim, who presently sits at Liverpool Local Court, defied their pessimism to graduate from Western Sydney University and become the Commonwealth DPP’s lead prosecutor.
You can read Magistrate Karim’s story in the latest edition of the Law Society Journal and be inspired by the man himself by booking for the Cultural Diversity Networking Event before it is sold out.
Brett McGrath, President, Law Society of NSW
During this time, both the Immediate Past President Cassandra Banks and I, along with all of Council, have been grateful for and impressed by Kenneth’s performance in that role.
Kenneth’s history at the Law Society stretches back almost two decades after he first started with us in 2006. That longevity means he brings with him an unequalled depth of corporate knowledge to the role.
This will be an enormous advantage as Kenneth works with decision makers in government and the courts, along with our Council and staff as he pursues the Law Society’s dual roles representing our members’ interests and regulating the NSW solicitor profession.
When Kenneth first joined the Law Society, NSW had just over 20,000 practising solicitors. That number now eclipses 41,000.
I’m sure members join with me in congratulating Kenneth on his new role and wishing him well as he works for the betterment of the justice system in NSW and beyond.
Celebrating diversity
There’s a saying that ‘diversity in all its forms is the path to greatness’. The Law Society takes this to heart in promoting diversity and inclusion, through the work of our D&I Committee and several events throughout the year.
We’ve continued on from our Pride Cocktail Party and Pride Breakfast (featuring the Former President of the Canadian Bar Association Steeves Bujold, Ad. E.) to last Friday’s sold-out International Women’s Day (IWD) breakfast with Justice Dina Yehia, who provided an impressive and engaging presentation on the theme of this year’s IWD, Inspire Inclusion.
Later this month, we will mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a Cultural Diversity Networking Event where we have the honour of hearing from another distinguished judicial officer, Magistrate Imad Abdul Karim.
His Honour’s is an impressive story, arriving in Australia at just 15 as a refugee from Lebanon with no English, with his early teachers harbouring low expectations. Magistrate Karim, who presently sits at Liverpool Local Court, defied their pessimism to graduate from Western Sydney University and become the Commonwealth DPP’s lead prosecutor.
You can read Magistrate Karim’s story in the latest edition of the Law Society Journal and be inspired by the man himself by booking for the Cultural Diversity Networking Event before it is sold out.
Brett McGrath, President, Law Society of NSW
