Earlier this month, the Faculty of Advocates marked the 115th anniversary of International Women’s Day (IWD) – and took time to reflect on the progress women have made and the inequalities that persist.
The Faculty of Advocates hosted a high level delegation of Ukrainian judges and legal professionals in Parliament House last week, to celebrate the relationships that have been established between Ukrainian and Scottish lawyers since Russia’s full-scale, illegal, invasion in 2022.
Earlier this week, members of the Faculty of Advocates and invited guests gathered in the historic Reading Room in Parliament House in Edinburgh for a talk entitled Walter Scott and the Faculty of Advocates – a living heritage.
Registration has opened for the annual World Intellectual Property Day Conference, now in its 18th year, which is being hosted by the Faculty of Advocates.
The Faculty of Advocates has welcomed a significant new addition to its historic art collection with the acquisition of a portrait of the late George William Penrose, Lord Penrose (1938 - 2025).
Juryless trials are back in the news, following a UK government proposal to cut back on using juries in certain matters in courts in England and Wales.