A profession in the throes of transformation

Transformation of the legal profession at various levels, and the issue of racism in the judiciary and the profession was sometimes the focus and often the subtext of many of the discussions at the annual general meetings of four of the six constituent members of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) that took place in October. The KwaZulu-Natal Law Society (KZNLS) held its AGM in Durban on 7 October, the Black Lawyers Association (BLA) in Vanderbijlpark on 21 October, and the Law Society of the Free State (LSFS) and the Cape Law Society (CLS) met in Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth respectively at the end of October.