Solicitors and the Law Institute in Victoria pathway to a respected profession / Simon Smith. 1835-2019 :

Melbourne : Law Institute of Victoria, 2019.

1st edition

89967

Law Institute of Victoria.

Lawyers -- Victoria -- Biography.

Lawyers -- History -- Victoria.

Prologue

1. Pioneering years 1835-1850

2. Formative times 1850-1859

3. Consolidation and challenges 1860-1891

4. End of a century and a new era 1892-1909

5. Coming of age and the battle to protect the client 1910-1945

6. The Heymanson years and self-regulation cometh 1946-1974

7. A time of reform and excitement 1975-1989

8. Troubling times and regulatory challenges 1990-2008

9. Beyond self-regulation and towards a uniform profession 2009-2019.

Solicitors and the Law Institute in Victoria 1835-2019: Pathway to a Respected Profession is the first book to comprehensively examine the history of the solicitor side of the profession in Victoria. It explores the changing role of solicitors through such nation-building events as the gold rush, land booms, Federation, depressions and world wars through to 2019. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780646806198

xv, 250 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits, facsimiles ; 27 cm