News and 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.

Response from the Faculty of Advocates to Services Common Framework Summary

Response by the Faculty of Advocates to the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform (Scotland) Act 2022 - Criminal Justice Measures: Consultation (1)

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.

Response by the Faculty of Advocates to the Scottish Parliament’s Review of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Faculty Christmas Collection opens for donations

THE Faculty of Advocates will again be coming out in support of vulnerable families in Fife during the festive season this year.

Tumbling Lassie Ball hits £100,000 mark

OVER £20,000 was raised for anti-trafficking charities at the Tumbling Lassie Ball this year.