Leading club rugby players from the South of Scotland and from Edinburgh will lock horns in the renewal of the age-old Inter District Championship next month, but with a gleaming piece of silverware linked to rugby’s roots now on offer.
2025 has been a bumper year for support of the Scottish Legal Walks, and anyone who has not yet donated is encouraged to do so.
The Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU) will again host events during Pro Bono Week dedicated to advancing access to justice and strengthening pro bono legal services across Scotland.
The Tumbling Lassie Appeal, founded by members of the Faculty of Advocates in 2015, will again mark Anti-Slavery Month during October this year.
Children from eight local secondary schools gathered at the Edinburgh Sheriff Court recently to take part in mock assault and drugs trials presided over by members of the Faculty of Advocates.
This year’s devils began their advocacy training at the Faculty of Advocates earlier this month.
The Bar Council of England and Wales, the Law Society of England and Wales, the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates, the Bar of Northern Ireland and the Law Society of Northern Ireland representing 250,000 lawyers have come together to express grave concern about the climate of increasing hostility towards lawyers and judges.
The Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill recently passed through the parliamentary stages and awaits a statutory instrument for legal effect to be given to the Bill’s provisions.
Faculty extends its condolences following the passing of former member Baron Campbell of Pittenweem.
The need for continuing reform, modernisation and investment across Scotland’s justice system, and safeguarding the rule of law are key priorities, the Lord President said today.