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Forty-six new Scottish solicitors have been formally welcomed to the profession at an admissions ceremony held at the Signet Library in Edinburgh.

The Law Society of Scotland has said it will ensure a newly launched Holyrood inquiry understands the extent of the crisis in civil legal aid, and the changes required to restore the system. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee yesterday launched a cal

A senior paralegal in Edinburgh has become the first person to receive the Law Society of Scotland’s new paralegal accreditation in banking and finance. Ann Clark, who works at Lindsays LLP, received the accreditation earlier this month after demonstrating detailed knowledge of processes, comm

A hotly contested debate on the rise of online teaching has sent four schools from across Scotland to the final of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. Pupils from Bearsden Academy, Broxburn Academy, Nairn Academy and Trinity High School saw off competitors in the penultimate

Semi-final teams are preparing for the penultimate stage of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating tournament after debating the merits of social media verification. Only two of the 16 spots remain up for grabs ahead of the semi-finals taking place on Thursday. Four teams will then progres

Newly announced plans for legal aid fail to reflect the urgency and scale of the crisis in access to justice, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The Scottish government yesterday released a legal aid discussion paper alongside plans to reduce the administrative burden of legal aid, but has re

Scotland’s legal sector has set a new record as more than 140 new solicitors were formally welcomed to the profession in central Edinburgh yesterday.

The Law Society of Scotland granted extended rights of audience to an additional 11 new solicitor advocates yesterday.

The Law Society of Scotland has expanded its In-house Rising Star Award with a new category to recognise trainees, in addition to spotlighting newly qualified solicitors. Previously in the annual competition’s 13-year history, the two groups have competed for a single award despite being at di

The Law Society of Scotland has granted extended rights of audience to 11 new solicitor advocates at a ceremony held at the Court of Session. In the first ceremony of its kind in 2025, Law Society president Susan Murray invited Lady Haldane to administer the Declaration of Allegiance to the solicito

I read with interest the article on the Scottish Law Agents Society survey run by Darren Murdoch. I will not be responding as I have not been in practice for almost 30 years – an era when regulation was a very different thing – and came off the roll over a decade ago. No locus? No skin i

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to its longstanding former secretary, Kenneth Pritchard OBE, who has died at the age of 91. Mr Pritchard become just the society’s second secretary when he was appointed in 1976, and held the position for more than 20 years, until 1997. The role is

The Law Society of Scotland supports proposed changes to modernise criminal justice procedures, but says such reforms must be accompanied by increased funding for the criminal justice system. The society has provided written evidence on part one of the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Dome

Scotland’s legal sector has made a strong start to 2025, with 103 new solicitors formally welcomed to the profession in central Edinburgh yesterday.

Government proposals for extensive new levels of direct government control and involvement in how Scottish solicitors work are to be removed from the Legal Services Regulation Bill, preserving supremacy of the rule of law, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotl