The OLSC undertakes research and makes recommendations with respect to regulation of the legal profession in NSW.

Submissions prepared by the OLSC include:

OLSC Submission to the Chief Justice's Review of the Costs Assessment Scheme, November 2011

OLSC submission to the Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper No. 13, Security for Costs and Associated Costs Orders, 30 June 2011

OLSC submission to the National Legal Profession Reform Project, 13 August 2010
A project to harmonise legal regulation across Australia is currently being undertaken by the Council of Australian Governments. In April 2009 COAG established a Taskforce and a Consultative Group to achieve this goal. The Taskforce was charged with the role of developing draft legislation to facilitate uniformity. The Consultative Group was established to advise and assist the taskforce. On 14 May 2010 the Taskforce release a National Legal Reform Conulstation package. The package included a draft Legal Profession National Law, draft Legal Profession National Rules, a Consultation Regulatioon Impact Statement and a Consultation Report. A public consultation period ran from 14 May 2010 to 13 August 2010. The OLSC made a submission to the National Legal Profession Reform Project.Our submission supports the path taken to achieve the harmonisation of legal practitioner regulation across Australia.

OLSC submission in response to the Recommendations of Report entitled: “A Further Review of Complaints against Lawyers Report", (August 2002)

OLSC submission in response to the NSW Attorney General’s Department Issues Paper “A Further Review of Complaints Against Lawyers and the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Report 99 Complaints Against Lawyers: An Interim Report", (December 2001)

OLSC submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission Issues Paper 18 “Review of Part 10 of the Legal Profession Act 1987”, (December 2000)

Submission to the National Competition Policy Review of the Legal Profession Act 1987, (1998)