New list of Standing Junor Counsel announced
New appointments as Standing Junor Counsel to the Scottish Government have been announced.
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Tumbling Lassie announces new chair and key events for 2024
Since its inception in 2015 the Faculty of Advocates’ Tumbling Lassie Appeal has raised over £100 000. With that milestone reached its first chair, Alan McLean KC, has stepped down. He is succeeded by another of the Appeal’s founders, Sheriff Maryam Labaki.
An evening of inspiration, conversation and celebration on IWD 2024
The need for changes to the current discourse to ensure every woman always had a seat at the table was the core message that emerged at an event held on International Women’s Day in Edinburgh.
FACBA donates in support of the homeless
The Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association (FACBA) has donated £2 000 to Homeless Project Scotland, a Glasgow-based charity that provides support to people facing housing insecurity.
World Bar Conference will explore global challenges facing independent referral bars
The 2024 World Bar Conference takes place against the backdrop of immense global challenges – all of which are being experienced on local levels and giving rise to distinct regional responses.
International Women’s Day event: Women in Public Life
Building fairer, safer and more equitable societies for women and girls will be under the spotlight at an event being held to mark International Women’s Day next month.
Scotland’s Legal Reform Bill shows the Government is listening to the sector, but questions remain
“Where there is no independent legal profession there can be no independent judiciary, no rule of law, no justice, no democracy and no freedom”: Justice Kirby, of the High Court of Australia.
Edward Kane, Advocate Is Back (And This Time, It’s Spooky!)
Scotland’s best known (fictional) Advocate is back in action this month in The Scotsman with this year’s month-long Christmas serial, ‘Edward Kane and the Supernal Sisters’. The story focuses on the popularity of seances and other spirited events in the mid 1900s. The introduction to the new series starts here: https://www.
Victoria Young appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council
VICTORIA Young has been appointed as the new advocate member of the Scottish Sentencing Council.
New guide to pro bono suppliers in Scotland now available
A NEW guide to pro bono resources in Scotland has been launched Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), the Law Society of Scotland and legal services charity JustRight Scotland.