2020 was a year of immense change for the Law Society, the profession and the institutions within society which serve the public and the administration of justice.
Following the Government’s declaration of a state of emergency on March 18, we began the grand, unprecedented and collective experiment of working, meeting and delivering services remotely in a system designed, built and, in many cases, required to occur in-person. At the risk of potentially stating the obvious, finding new ways forward given the imperatives of social distancing was no insignificant challenge for the Law Society ...
2020 certainly wasn’t the year we expected. The pandemic caused upheaval in our personal and work lives and in our families and communities. We spent a good part of the year finding ways to cope with the changes Covid required us to make and, of course, we’re still coping. We persevered, nonetheless, and I think most of us found some lasting good came out of this unwelcome experience...