Lawyer Contact Information Rule Amendments
At the Oct. 7 board meeting, the Benchers amended the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta to further clarify the contact information requirements for lawyers.
Under Rule 42, lawyers must give the Law Society both their business and personal contact details. This helps the Law Society, as the regulator, send important messages like billing notices and eBulletins. Sometimes the information we send is confidential, so lawyers must provide an individualized business email address as part of their contact information rather than a shared inbox.
This requirement has always existed but is now more clearly explained in the Rule. Personal contact details will only be used if the Law Society cannot reach a lawyer using their work contact information.
View the full Rules for more details.