TLS was established with several statutory objectives, including :-
- To maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Tanzania;
- To facilitate the acquisition of legal knowledge by members of the legal profession and others;
- To assist the Government and the Courts in all matters affecting legislation, and the administration and practice of the law in Tanzania;
- To represent, protect and assist members of the legal profession in Tanzania as regards conditions of practice and otherwise;
- To protect and assist the public in Tanzania in all matters touching, ancillary or incidental to the law;
- To acquire, hold, develop or dispose of properties of all kinds, whether movable or immovable, and to derive capital or income from them, for all or any of the foregoing objects;
- To raise or borrow money for all or any of the foregoing objects in any manner and upon any security which may from time to time be determined by the Society;
- To invest and deal with moneys of the Society not immediately required in any manner which may from time to time be determined by the Society;
- To do all other things which are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the foregoing objects or any of them.
