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Survey seeks to understand violence against the legal profession
Members of the Scottish legal profession are invited to take part in an anonymous survey and share incidents of violent or threatening behaviour experienced, in the course of their professional duties.
Registration fee payment by invoice closes 2 September 2018
If you carry out letting agency work in Scotland and prefer to pay your registration fee by invoice rather than online, you have until 2 September to submit your application
Tributes paid to Law Society of Scotland Honorary Members
Leading figures of the Scottish legal profession paid tribute to the contributions of four of the Law Society of Scotland’s Honorary Members.
Keynote speakers to bring Brexit dimension to annual conference
Lord Hope of Craighead and Aidan O'Neill QC are confirmed as keynote speakers at our annual conference Leading Legal Excellence.
Some online services will be unavailable from 5pm 18 July until 9am 20 July
Some of our online services will be unavailable from 5pm 18 July until 9am 20 July
Orkney solicitor wins seat on Law Society Council
Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland has become the newest member of the Law Society of Scotland Council.
Our support for Scottish Government's Consumer Scotland
We have expressed our support for the Scottish Government’s plans to establish a single consumer body, Consumer Scotland.
Glasgow trainee solicitor wins Innovation Cup
Glasgow trainee solicitor Daryl Jarvis is the first ever winner of the Innovation Cup, a competition run jointly by Law Society of Scotland, Master Policy Insurers, RSA and brokers, Lockton.
Voting open for highlands and islands Council member
Online voting is now open to elect the Law Society of Scotland Council member for Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and Wick.
New solicitors at Law Society Admission Ceremony
106 new solicitors were welcomed to the profession at the Law Society of Scotland’s latest Admission Ceremony, which took place on Friday 15 June 2018 at the Signet Library in Edinburgh.
Sarah is a rising star
Glasgow solicitor Sarah Haig has been named as the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star 2018.
2018 In-house Rising Star Award finalists
Three newly qualified members of the Scottish legal in-house community have been shortlisted as finalists of the 2018 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star Award.