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Faculty of Advocates

Promoting access to justice for 500 years

What is the Faculty of Advocates?

The Faculty of Advocates is the professional body to which all Advocates belong. Its history dates back to the sixteenth century.

Governance

The Faculty is led by elected office-bearers and by an elected Faculty Council.

Events

Register for events and conferences

Eurodevils Programme

Each year, the Faculty and the European Lawyers’ Association present a Eurodevils programme in which overseas lawyers spend 12 weeks in Edinburgh, learning about the Scottish Bar and Scotland’s legal system. 

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International

The Faculty participates in the work of a number of international organisations

The Advocates Library

Welcome to the Advocates Library

History of Faculty

The Faculty of Advocates as a body dates back to the foundation of the College of Justice in 1532, although individual Advocates were probably working in the courts even earlier. It has had a central role in maintaining and developing Scots law as a distinctive legal system.

Environmental Policy

The Faculty of Advocates Environmental Policy

Room in the Library

Faculty of Advocates Retirement & Death Benefits Plan – Statement of Investment Principles (SIP)’

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