The society is an umbrella organization of all lawyers in Malawi and it is a membership organization. To be a member one pays an annual subscription of MK375,000.00 (Three Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Kwacha). The society operates a full secretariat that has a legal resource centre open to all members and the public and on policy issues the society is governed by an executive committee that is elected every year at the society`s annual general meeting.The society also has a chapter in Lilongwe and is in the process of establishing another in Mzuzu. The society has 400 (Four hundred) paid up members.
