The 30 aspiring advocates kicked off their nine-month devilling programme last month.

“The devils have now completed the foundation course, which took place over the last four weeks,” said Bruce Langlands, director of training and education at Faculty.

“A huge amount of effort has been put in by each of them, and they are already making significant progress on their journey to become advocates.

“It takes around 100 people to run the course, including the many members of Faculty who have donated their time, as well as advocacy instructors from England, Northern Ireland, India and Singapore. I am grateful to each and every person for their valuable assistance,” he added.

This year’s devils are Raeesa Ahmed, Samuel Boyce, Richard Brown, Anthony Boland, Lee-Anne Barclay, Craig Christie, Paul Cook, Deborah Clark, Ross Donnelly, Charlotte Edgar, David Gray, Daisy Galbraith, Jonathan Hodges, Alastair Houston, Matthew Knapp, Kristina Kelly, Cecily Kingston, Matt Leon, Deborah Miller, Jaimie McGready, Salome Nilsson, Thomas Quail, Andrew Ratter, Emma Stewart, Sarah Smith, Andrew Sweeney, Kelly Service, Katherine Wade, Ruth Wallace and Emily Ward.

Outside of structured activities that include assessments and a skills-based course, the devils will spend time shadowing their devil masters.