ASWLS is the Association of South Western Law Societies. It was founded in 1948 and consists of six separate local law societies stretching from south-east Wales across the south-west of England and down to Cornwall.

The six local law societies that make up ASWLS are:

• Monmouthshire Incorporated Law Society website
• Bristol Law Society website
• Devon & Somerset Law Society (DASLS) website
• Plymouth Law Society website
• Gloucestershire & Wiltshire incorporated Law Society (GWILS) website
• Cornwall Law Society website

Our mission is to facilitate the exchange of views and a closer co-operation in professional matters between our member societies.

We also provide a forum for our five Council Members of The Law Society. They are the elected national representatives covering the area of the six member societies. They inform the member societies of Law Society Council proceedings and take soundings from the profession.

The member societies represent a combined total of over 10,000 solicitors. As a united group of local law societies we are committed to having a very strong single voice on issues affecting our constituent societies and their members, and to support the principle of justice for all.