Media room

As the regulator of the legal profession, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society protects the public interest in the practice of law. Find out more about the Society.  

Media assistance   

• Media contact: Please contact the Communications Officer at 902 422 1491 or communications@nsbs.org for assistance and to arrange interviews with the Executive Director or President.
• News releases: If you wish to receive Society news releases, send your email contact to communications@nsbs.org.
• Search for a lawyer: Use the Society’s online directory to look up lawyers by name, firm or location. It’s also available with this mobile search tool.  

Subscribe to RSS feeds …

• News
• Upcoming events
• Public hearings
• Decisions and dispositions

Read the Society’s publications …

• InForum: an electronic newsletter, published every two weeks 
• The Society Record: a semi-annual print magazine
• Nova Scotia Law News: a quarterly publication with case comments and Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision digests written and reviewed by lawyers
• NSBS Annual Reports: published online every June

Follow the Society on …

• Twitter: http://twitter.com/NSBS
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ns-barristers'-society

Visit the Council and Committees sections for …  

• Council agendas and materials
• Reports to Council
• Current members of Council and Committees
• Committee terms of reference, work plans, progress reports

Find out more about …           

• the Society’s public mandate
• the Strategic Plan   
• efforts to improve the administration of justice
• the Bar admissions process
• the professional responsibility process, including scheduled formal hearings and recent decisions
• the Code of Professional Conduct 
• current statistics for Nova Scotia’s legal profession 
• the history of regulation of the legal profession in Nova Scotia, including a historical timeline (1749 to present)

Resources and tools to assist in legal research …

• subject research guides provide an overview of relevant legislation, texts and sources for case law, precedents, CPD and other online resources
• the case law page provides links to the Society’s decisions database Law News Online, as well as CanLII for Canada-wise case law