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Scottish Government Budget raises concerns about sustainability of legal aid

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The UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre, ActionFraud, has warned that Lloyds customers should be on the lookout for a new sophisticated fraud involving fake bank letters.

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Sarah Beattie, a student at the University of Dundee, explains how she got to grips with the challenge of tackling the diploma in professional legal practice.

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We speak to Professor Alan Miller, Special Envoy of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, on International Human Rights Day 2016

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The Society has taken action to seek clarity on how certain types of legal complaints should be handled

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School pupils from across Scotland successfully debated the pros and cons of holding referendums to win through to the next stage of the Law Society of Scotland’s national debating tournament.

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Read the latest news from the Scottish legal profession in our December 2016 Lawscot News

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Proposed Football Act (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill, the impacts of Brexit on Justice and Security and the Future of Forestry in Scotland and more.

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Due to routine improvement work to our website, some of our online services will be unavailable temporarily between 1pm on Thursday 15 December and 10am on Monday 19 December 2016.

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Ruthven Gemmell has been elected as president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe

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The Law Society of Scotland picked up the Leading Light Innovation award at the recently-held inaugural Scottish Cyber Awards in Edinburgh.

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The Law Society of Scotland has praised the Scottish Government for taking a ‘ground breaking’ approach in its new plan, ‘A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People’.