Howard Bell, Candidate for the Council of the Law Society of NSW

Thank you for visiting my website.  As a Councillor of the Law Society, I will be available to consult with you as our hard-working and dedicated solicitors across New South Wales in order to understand your issues and concerns and your personal and professional support needs. I will ensure your interests and issues as practising solicitors are proactively raised and addressed through the Council and by Law Society as a whole. I will actively encourage solicitor membership of the Society and will ensure your professional development and support needs as busy practitioners are addressed promptly, effectively and in your best interests.

With your vote I will be your empathetic listener and your strong, loud, and clear voice at the Council Table.

I will enthusiastically promote the Law Society and its members as a professional group dedicated to meeting the needs of your clients in all ways and at all times.

In addition, I will contribute directly facilitating the Law Society’s ongoing work as a thought leader in key areas of community life.

Areas of particular social and environmental concern to me include:

  • Promoting access to justice and pro bono support to marginalised and disadvantaged members of our communities
  • Assisting and supporting Australia’s 116,000 homeless persons along with those who are at risk of homelessness or social isolation. In this regard I am inspired by the image above – a dream of numerous safe, secure and comfortable living spaces for our marginalised communities
  • Promoting solutions to climate change, including the achievement of Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 and optimising our local Australian interim greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Paris Agreement.

Community Involvement

Howard Bell is currently a NSW Government Lawyer, Major in the Australian Army Reserve and lecturer at Charles Sturt University.

He has served in many volunteer roles over the years, including with Amnesty International, Cana Communities and the Saint Vincent de Paul Society.

Howard helping out at an Amnesty International Stall at the GOATS Community Youth Festival in San Remo in 2018

Howard was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2011.

Howard at the Order of Australia Medal Ceremony in 2011
Howard’s fundraising for Cana Communities

Amnesty International & Human Rights

Australian Army Reserve

Law Society NSW

Order of Australia Medal

Dear Dalai Lama

Tropfest

Dragon Boat Race

Other Involvement