Voting open for Law Society of Scotland Council elections

The addition of these two new seats was approved at the society’s Annual General Meeting in May in response to the legal profession’s changing member profile.

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society said, “The ever-evolving face of the legal profession and our increasingly diverse member profile has given rise to the addition of two new categories of Council member.

“We are committed to ensuring that the interests of all Scottish solicitors are represented and so I can’t encourage our ‘international’ members and Scottish solicitor advocates enough, to take a few minutes to find out which of your colleagues is standing and get voting.”

The Council is the Society’s principal decision-making body and the successful candidates will be responsible for representing the views of their solicitor advocate and international colleagues at Council meetings for the next three years.

Solicitor advocates can vote online for their preferred candidates of the four standing and Scottish solicitors working internationally can select from five candidates.

Members have until 12 noon on Wednesday 20 September 2017 to cast their vote on the members’ section of the Society’s website.

Candidates for this year’s contested Council elections are:

Scottish solicitor advocate Council member – 1 Council seat

Douglas Jaap, DWJ Law, Falkirk

Tony Jones, BTO Solicitors LLP, Edinburgh

Tom Marshall, Tom Marshall Limited, Burntisland

Iain Paterson, Paterson Bell Ltd, Edinburgh

International Council member – 1 Council seat

Alasdair Campbell, Citibank Europe plc, Dublin

Siobhan Kahmann, Covington and Burling LLP, Brussels

Robert MacLean, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP, Brussels

Kirsty Mciver, Government of Dubai Legal Affairs Department, Dubai

Anthony Murray, Murray LLP, New York

The results of the election will be announced shortly after the election closing date. The elected Council members will be invited to attend the 27 October meeting of the Council.