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International Women’s Day event: Women in Public Life - an evening of conversation, inspiration and celebration at Parliament Hall 

 

Join us for an evening of inspiration, conversation and celebration this International Women’s Day, as we celebrate women in public life and mark 30 years of the legacy of John Smith QC MP. ​

The conversation: How do we work towards building fairer, safer and more equitable societies for women and girls? 

Professor Kezia Dugdale, director of the John Smith Centre, will be joined in conversation by Helena Kennedy KC and inspirational women from the John Smith Trust fellowship programme and John Smith Centre Minority Ethnic Emerging Leaders Programme.  

So come and have a drink, let’s celebrate what’s been achieved, contribute to the conversation on what’s still to do and inspire each other.

Event schedule:

18.00 Guests arrive at Faculty of Advocates, Parliament Hall, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF for drinks and canapes

18.30 Professor Kezia Dugdale, director of the John Smith Centre will be joined in conversation with:

  • Helena Kennedy KC
  • Lesia Vasylenko Ukrainian MP John Smith Fellow  
  • Leah Duncan-Karrim Policy and Public Affairs at Barnardo’s and former participant on John Smith Centre’s Minority Ethnic Emerging Leaders Programme​

19.30 Drinks and networking

To register please click here.

World IP Day Conference 2024

Book for the World Intellectual Property Day Conference 2024 - Friday 26 April 2024

This year’s conference will be held in the Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh and online.

Open to all advocates, solicitors, devils, trainees, students and other professionals with an interest in IP, it will be chaired by Roisin Higgins KC, an IP law specialist, and Graeme McWilliams, retired in-house lawyer and former IP manager at Standard Life.

This year, for World IP Day, the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva has suggested the theme of ‘Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals: Building our future with innovation and creativity’. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs include Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Good Health and Well-being, Affordable and Clean Energy, and Sustainable Cities and Communities.

We will welcome two guest speakers who are well-placed to help us celebrate this annual Intellectual Property event. More event details and our registration page will follow in due course.

The Faculty has kindly agreed to provide luncheon at the end of our event, so we are keen to encourage attendance and networking in person, although joining online via zoom will be available.

If you have any questions please contact deans.secretariat@advocates.org.uk

To register please click here

Faculty of Advocates Open Day 2024

We are looking towards holding our next Open Day in 2023, but watch this space for any other announcements. The Open Day is for S5 and S6 school pupils and university law students to give them an insight into the Bar and how to become an Advocate.

 

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