Universities

Lord Malcolm is to deliver the 2024 Dundee Law School Alumni Lecture. Lord Malcolm graduated with an LLB in Scots Law from the University of Dundee in 1975. He became an advocate in 1977 and was appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in 1990. In 2001 he was elected dean of the Faculty of Advocates, an

Two students from the University of Dundee made it to the semi finals of the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Moot Competition on 4 February. Rory Hamilton and Struan Macdonald represented the university at the competition and were the only competitors this year to represent a Scottish university.

Queen’s University Belfast has won this year's UK Student Mediation Competition. The competition, hosted this year by Edinburgh Law School, was held on 26 and 27 January 2024 and involved 15 UK universities.

Digital watermarks combined with AI will speed up the resolution of legal cases about copyright infringements, a new study says. The technology would enhance the assessment of data about potential breaches and make it easier for lawsuits to be be brought. It will also lead to more evidence being ava

A new law clinic has opened in Dundee offering free legal advice to members of the public, with a senior judge as its patron.

The Aberdeen Student Law Review has issued a call for submissions. It is now accepting submissions for Volume XIII – due to be published later this year.

The University of Dundee will welcome the “thinkers and change-makers of the future” as part of a new, multi-million pound initiative. The university has been awarded £2.15 million that will support 24 postgraduate researchers to achieve their PhDs. Each candidate will have four or

A new University of Dundee study could improve transparency and remove organisational bias from an increasingly important aspect of police and forensic scientific work. The CLARUS project has brought together organisations from across Europe to evaluate and improve how law enforcement and forensic s

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has secured a four-figure sum for a client through a simple procedure application to the Sheriff Court. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client entered into a personal loan agreement with another individual who later failed to repay the client for the

In December 2023, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) published a research report written by Dr Kasey McCall-Smith entitled The Benefits of Incorporating the UN Convention against Torture and other forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment into Scots Law. This report focused on the gaps

A new article reflects on the work of the Strathclyde Law Clinic, which recently passed the milestone of £2 million won or saved for its clients over the 20 years since it was established by Professor Donald Nicolson OBE in 2003. "The Clinic has continually evolved and expanded throughout its

A story of sex and betrayal from Scotland’s criminal past has provided inspiration for a new take on the country’s history – in the form of a comic book. Experts from the University of Dundee have produced The Persecution of Jean Lands, charting the conviction of Daniel Nicholson a

Strathclyde Law School has announced the retirement of Professor Kenneth Norrie, and his appointment as professor emeritus. Professor Norrie has enjoyed a distinguished career over 40 years. Initially a lecturer at Dundee and then at Aberdeen, he has given 33 years’ service to Strathclyde. A S

Former president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, is to become a patron of the Aberdeen Law Project. Following his tenure as president, he was elected as an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017 and is an honorary member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Burkhard Schafer, professor of computational legal theory at the University of Edinburgh, was recently interviewed about his approach to legal theory and technology, challenges in AI legislation, and the focus of his current research at REWI University of Graz. Professor Schafer was awarded a senior