Devils training kicks off for 2024
Twenty-nine new devils, the largest group in recent years, began their nine-month advocacy training this week at the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh.
Twenty-nine new devils, the largest group in recent years, began their nine-month advocacy training this week at the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh Schools MiniTrials, held this past weekend, saw children from eight local secondary schools taking part in mock criminal trials, presided over by members of the Faculty of Advocates.
John White, an LLB Law student at the University of Edinburgh, is organising an ‘Evening with Donald Findlay KC’ in Parliament House for later this year.
THE Advocates Library participated in Doors Open Day 2024 on the last Saturday in September, opening its doors and hosting tours for the public for the first time in five years.
The Faculty of Advocates Free Legal Services Unit will host two events during Pro Bono Week this year, which runs from Monday 4 November to Friday 8 November.
Keeper of the Advocates Library Neil Mackenzie KC recently returned from a successful training course in Zimbabwe.
Catherine Smith KC was sworn in as Advocate General for Scotland at a ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Friday last week.
The Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Association (SEMLA) joined forces earlier this month to organise a networking session for the legal profession.
The Tumbling Lassie Committee will host two events next month to acknowledge Anti-Slavery Day and provide opportunities to reflect on and raise awareness of the ongoing human trafficking and modern slavery in Scotland.
The Hon. Lady Haldane will deliver the keynote speech at a half-day conference organised by the Faculty of Advocates Employment Law Group next week.