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Bookings are now being taken for the Faculty of Advocates’ 16th annual World Intellectual Property Day Conference. The popular lunchtime hybrid event will take place in the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh and online later this month. The theme for this year is ‘Intellectual Property and

The Faculty of Advocates’ mini-devilling scheme has been praised again this year, with participating students saying they would definitely recommend it to others. This is the second year a full 10-week programme has been available to students studying towards the diploma. It aims to encourage

A popular careers clinic aimed at encouraging women who are considering becoming advocates will be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates again this year. The Women at the Scottish Bar Careers Clinic received positive acclaim when it was launched by the Faculty of Advocates last year. Participants took

Candidates who want to commence devilling at the Faculty of Advocates next year can now apply for scholarships to help ease financial tensions during their training. There are four scholarship schemes and over 60 scholarships have been awarded during the past five years, totalling well over £3

Sheriff Maryam Labaki has taken over as chair of the Faculty of Advocates' Tumbling Lassie Appeal, which has raised over £100,000 since its inception less than a decade ago. Alan McLean KC, who is stepping down as chair, said: "The Tumbling Lassie Appeal has been, from the outset, a team effor

An association aimed at improving the experience of women at the Scottish bar has been established. “The theme of this year’s UN International Women’s Day is 'Invest in women: Accelerate progress'. This is a timely moment to announce publicly the establishment of Women at the bar &

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. Among the services it provides to the homeless are regular soup kitchens, where additional support is gi

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. Professor Kezia Dugdale, director of the John Smith Centre, will be joined at the event in conversation by Helena Kennedy KC,

The Faculty of Advocates has been ordered to pay compensation to a woman who reported Brian McConnachie KC for misconduct over texts he sent to her, the Daily Record reports. The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) said that the Faculty had failed to properly investigate Mr McConnachie, who

There is not much time left to support vulnerable families in Fife during the festive season this year through the Faculty Christmas Collection. The Faculty Christmas Collection is organised each year by Maria Maguire KC.

The Junior Bar Association has reserved the Laigh Hall at the Court of Session for the International Christmas Court later this month.

Young lawyers from New Zealand, the USA, and Australia toured Parliament House last week as part of their experience as Pegasus scholars.

Schoolchildren from eight local secondary schools took part in a successful MiniTrials event this weekend in Edinburgh.

Eighteen new devils at the Faculty of Advocates settled into their foundation course training at the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh this week.

George Gebbie highlights injustices in Iran and warns that our own government is not immune to the temptations of power. On 16th September 2022, a young woman died in a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Her name was Mahsa Amini. She had been arrested by the religious morality police of that country’s