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Annual Conference 2016 - Leading Legal Excellence
Managing your inner chimp and life after Brexit to feature at Law Society conference
Law Society staff build bottle greenhouse
Law Society of Scotland staff got stuck in at the Gilmerton Child and Family Centre last week with Bedrock, a charity dedicated to helping Early Years services across Scotland.
Win legal work experience
Fancy winning three weeks' paid work experience at the Scottish Parliament PLUS £500 cold hard cash from the Law Society of Scotland? Enter the 2016/17 student competition.
Society to publish UPC findings online
A range of unsatisfactory professional conduct findings will be published to improve transparency of the Society’s regulatory procedures
September 2016 Bulletin
Read the latest news from the Scottish legal profession in our September 2016 Bulletin
Law Society responds to Scottish Government legislative programme
Access to justice must remain priority during roll out of legislative programme
Court of Session decision underlines need to review regulation of the legal profession
Recent Court of Session decision on categorisation of a complaint against a law firm has raised issues in how complaints against lawyers should be handled.
Law Society of Scotland launches student associate initiative
The Law Society of Scotland is encouraging LLB and Diploma students and graduates across Scotland to sign up as its first ‘student associates’.
Law Society seeks new CCBE representative
We are looking to appoint an experienced and enthusiastic representative to the UK delegation of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE).
Transparency key to better informed and better protected consumers
The Society responds to the Competition and Markets Authority interim report on legal services market
Judicial Factor appointed to Paisley law firm
The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor over Paisley legal practice, Robertson and Ross Solicitors Limited today, Friday 12 August 2016.
August 2016 Bulletin
Read the latest news from the Scottish legal profession in our August 2016 Bulletin