John Mackintosh has been president of the Canterbury District Law Society and served on the Council for seven years. He has worked on just about every sub-committee, including the Conveyancing Committee and the Audit Committee. He has been on the Council and the Executive Committee of the New Zealand Law Society, was convenor of the Society’s Practice Management Committee, and a member of the Structure Committee, a special task force charged with investigating the reorganisation of the New Zealand Law Society.

John has been president of Riccarton Rotary. John lectured valuation and accountancy students at Lincoln University in Business Law, and office Practice and Ethics at the University of Canterbury. He also established and ran “LawPrac” - a Canterbury District Law Society course providing 40 hours of instruction each year for junior solicitors.