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A significant milestone will be reached for the Law Society of Scotland later this year when long-standing chief executive Lorna Jack steps down. The professional membership body for Scottish solicitors announced that Ms Jack will be retiring at the end of 2021. She has been in post for almost 13 ye

Pupils from Peebles High School have been crowned Scotland’s best young debaters, after winning the grand final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament 2020/21, organised by the Law Society of Scotland. Thomas Dunmur and Laura Eggleton of Peebles High School in the Borders won the nat

The Scottish government’s £1 million fund to support legal aid traineeships in Scotland has opened to applicants. The government fund will provide support for up to 40 new legal aid trainees, paying for 50 per cent of their salaries. In addition, trainees’ regulatory costs, nationa

​Two Scottish solicitors have been shortlisted for the Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award 2021. Anna Ziarkowska, a conveyancing and planning solicitor at Aberdeenshire Council, and Angus Niven, in-house general counsel for media and production company, Boxmedia, have been shortlist

The recommended rates of pay for trainee solicitors will remain the same for the second year in a row, due to the ongoing economic impact of coronavirus, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The society’s governing Council has agreed that the recommended remuneration rates for trainees will b

​The Law Society of Scotland has been named one of the UK's top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces for 2021 by the National Centre for Diversity.  The society placed 93rd on the Top 100 index, which recognises companies across the private, public and charity sectors that are best at promoting equa

Coca Cola’s legal director for Western Europe is to deliver the opening keynote at the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Annual Conference later this month. Ingrid Cope, Coca Cola’s in-house legal director for Western Europe, will give the opening keynote address on ‘How in-

Scottish solicitors have voted to approve a practising certificate fee for 2021-22 of 10 per cent less than the pre-pandemic cost in 2019-20. The proposal was put forward by the Law Society’s Council in April and is the second phase of a package of financial support announced in 2020, worth a

An eminent Scottish solicitor, who was instrumental in establishing the independence of Malawi, will be awarded honorary life membership of the Law Society of Scotland later today. Colin Cameron graduated in law from the University of Glasgow in 1957 and moved to what was then known as Nyasaland tha

The Law Society of Scotland's Racial Inclusion Group (RIG) is currently running a survey about the experiences of people from an ethnic minority background studying and/or practising law.  The Law Society established the RIG last year and is keen to get a more up-to-date account of the exp

The Law Societies of Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland have condemned Chinese sanctions against lawyers. They said in a statement that they "unreservedly condemn the recent announcement by the Government of the People’s Republic of China of sanctions against lawyers for providing legal ad

A survey of Scottish solicitors has found that more than three-quarters think aspects of remote civil court work should continue after the pandemic. Findings from the Law Society of Scotland survey of 448 civil court practitioners have indicated that most think remote hearings work well for procedur

The Law Society of Scotland has announced reductions in fees it charges to practitioners. The professional body’s governing Council has agreed the following recommendations for the 2021/22 practice year:

The booking app used to schedule pre-intermediate diet meeting (PIDM) appointments has been updated following work between the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and the Law Society of Scotland. At the conclusion of a cross-justice conference held earlier this month, it was agre

Nominations are invited for the 2021 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star award. The award, now in its ninth year, recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee working in-house.