QC to lead bullying review
The Scottish Government has named John Sturrock, QC, to lead an independent review into allegations of a bullying culture at NHS Highland.
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Delight as book sale raises £301
Members of Faculty and staff have raised £301 at a book sale in aid of the Scottish Book Trust.
We love you BSC Glasgow AFC, we do…
The beautiful game can dominate discussion at the Faculty, like any other place of work in Scotland. And, of course, arguments rage between fans of different clubs.
Faculty line-up at SYLA annual debate
Senior Faculty member, Susan O’Brien, QC, will be keeping order when two of her colleagues put forward competing arguments at the annual debate of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association.
Update child cruelty law, but protect ‘normal parenting’, says Faculty
The Faculty has given strong support for reform of the “archaic” offence of child cruelty, but warned that care must be taken to prevent everyday discipline from being criminalised.
Diversity ‘not a tick box but a necessity’, Justice Secretary tells Faculty/SEMLA event
Two "innovative initiatives" involving the Faculty and aimed at a more diverse and representative legal profession have been endorsed by Humza Yousaf, Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Justice.
Faculty links to UK-US group and Edinburgh chapel
The Faculty, through QCs Lisa Henderson and Herbert Kerrigan, has become an unlikely common denominator for a transatlantic fellowship and an ecumenical chapel in Edinburgh.
First winners of Mike Jones advocacy prize
Two of the next generation of advocates have already made their mark, after being named the first winners of The Mike Jones Excellence in Advocacy Prize.
Book now for 21st Century Bar Conference
Registration is open for the ever-popular 21st Century Bar Conference which this year has Lord Clark as the keynote speaker.
Looking at judgments through a feminist lens
Two Supreme Court judgments will be analysed with a feminist eye in an event chaired by Lady Carmichael and hosted by the Faculty.