What is the International Legal Services Advisory Council?
ILSAC is a high level consultative forum established to:
i. advise the Attorney-General and the Australian Government on enhancing the international presence and improving the international performance of Australia’s legal and related services
ii. monitor and review domestic and international developments on legal and related services
iii. conduct relevant research, and
iv. undertake and progress initiatives at both the domestic and international levels that are consistent with ILSAC’s mission and objectives.
ILSAC’s activities are focussed on Australia’s international trade in legal and related services and are progressed through four specific areas of interest. These four key areas are:
i. globalisation of legal practice
ii. international legal cooperation
In the context of the four key areas of interest, the Council aims to:
- contribute to the development of a strategic vision
- help ensure that government policies affecting the four key areas identified are well informed and appropriately coordinated, and
- promote and facilitate the efficient collection, analysis and dissemination of information bearing on the sector’s international performance.