The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner

28 Jan

The Victorian Legal Services Board and the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner are independent statutory authorities responsible for regulating Victoria’s legal profession (i.e. lawyers and law practices). The two authorities operate as one organisation under the Uniform Law, and are known as the ‘VLSB+C’.

The VLSB+C protects and empowers consumers of legal services, helps improve legal practice and ethics, supports access to justice initiatives, and works to maintain and grow public trust and confidence in the legal profession. They license lawyers, resolve complaints about them and investigate their poor conduct.