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.
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.
Registration is open for the ever-popular 21st Century Bar Conference which this year has Lord Clark as the keynote speaker.
Two Supreme Court judgments will be analysed with a feminist eye in an event chaired by Lady Carmichael and hosted by the Faculty.
The senior woman at the Scottish Bar, Frances McMenamin, QC, is to continue her long association with the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission for at least another six months.
The Faculty is following its Christmas “tradition” this year of making a difference for vulnerable families in Fife, with donations of presents and cash to bring festive cheer.
A debate exploring whether complainers in rape cases should have their own lawyer in court is being staged by the Faculty in association with Rape Crisis Scotland.
A major annual regulatory conference will have a Faculty finale, with a speech by senior counsel, Andrew Webster, QC.
Cyclists in Scotland who cause death or serious injury to others could in theory be prosecuted under common law, but it is unlikely, the Faculty has suggested in a submission to the Department for Transport.