Tuesday 7 February9.45am - 3.30pmRoom 207, No.10 The SquareUniversity of Glasgow An event featuring presentations and panel discussions exploring ideas relating to the influence and impact religion may have on corporate social responsibility is being held next month at Glasgow University.
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Working in partnership with Ukraine’s Constitutional Court, the University of Birmingham and Ivan Franko National University, Lviv (IFNUL) have defined the first 1,000 terms in a unique handbook for scientists, human rights defenders, and legal experts further developing the country as a const
Cloch Solicitors congratulated University of Glasgow LLM graduate Michele De Iaco – the 2022 winner of the University of Glasgow LLM Cloch Prize for Intellectual Property and the Digital Economy, which is awarded to the top student across the programme.
Via Dundee Law School: "Congratulations to diploma student, Rebecca Coakley, who won the Criminal Competition held at Dundee Sheriff Court. Thanks to Sheriff Carmichael for judging and to James Laverty, module organiser, for arranging the competition. Well done to all participants!"
Lawscot Foundation students have shown off their legal and workplace skills in a contest across five major legal employers in Edinburgh. The Lawscot Challenge was held last week, with eight students in four teams across three year groups participating in the event’s first running since 2019.
Three advocates discussed their careers at an event held by the University of Aberdeen Bar Society last week. Euan Mackenzie, Katharine Muir and Simon Crabb gave talks about their route to the Scottish bar and their specialisms – public law, personal injury, medical negligence, commercial law,
Students from Stirling University visited Burness Paull in Edinburgh last week to get a taste of life at the firm.
Legal professionals in Dundee have raised hundreds of pounds to help some of the most vulnerable people in Scotland access legal services for free.
Pictured (L-R): Nigel Roberts, LexisNexis; Yorm Ama Abledu, Centurion Law Group A University of Aberdeen alumna has been honoured with a prestigious international law award in recognition of her work mentoring the next generation of legal minds.
The University of Aberdeen Law School has strengthened its long-standing reputation as a centre for space law with a new academic appointment. Dr Maria Manoli, who received her PhD from the Institute of Air and Space Law in the Faculty of Law at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where she was als
Four advocates are to discuss their careers at an event held by the University of Aberdeen Bar Society later this month. Euan Mackenzie, Katharine Muir, Simon Crabb and Dominic Scullion will give talks about their route to the Scottish bar and their specialisms – public law, personal injury, m
Edinburgh Law School's Professor Laura Macgregor is to present a lecture entitled Scottish Partnership Law: the Contribution of George Joseph Bell later this month. The lecture will focus on Scottish partnership law, specifically the contribution of the institutional writer, George Joseph Bell, to t
A new record has been set for the number of trainee solicitors registered in Scotland, with Law Society of Scotland figures showing that 788 traineeships began in the past year. The traineeships registered during the legal practice year – which runs from November to October – are spread
Law students at the University of Dundee are set to benefit from insights into the legal profession as successful alumni offer their counsel in a new mentoring scheme.
As we emerge from Brexit and the Covid crisis, are the powers of the Scottish Parliament still fit for purpose? Is there a more optimal balance of powers for Scotland within the Union? Is federalism a viable option for the UK, and what would it look like? Alternatively, what would it mean for Scotla