A woman who emerged from the settlements of one of Africa’s largest cities to help in the fight to rewrite her country’s constitution has been named the first winner of the Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award.
The Vice-Dean of Faculty, Angela Grahame, QC, has been invited to serve on a Victims Taskforce which will meet for the first time next month.
The celebrated US attorney, David Rudolf, has thanked the Scottish Criminal Bar Association for a “great” evening of discussion.
The Scottish Government has named John Sturrock, QC, to lead an independent review into allegations of a bullying culture at NHS Highland.
Members of Faculty and staff have raised £301 at a book sale in aid of the Scottish Book Trust.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.