Law Society news archive for 2018
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‘Smart collaboration’ comes to annual conference
Harvard Law professor Dr Heidi K Gardner is set to share the secrets of ‘smart collaboration’ at Leading Legal Excellence, our 2018 annual conference.
Why a seat in personal and family law can be for everyone
Emily Callaghan, trainee at Brodies LLP, discusses why she thinks a seat in personal and family law can appeal to everyone.
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.
Legal aid mandates guidance
A reminder from our Civil Legal Aid Quality Assurance Sub-Committee that all firms should keep a fully completed and signed legal aid mandate on their legal aid client files.
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.
Glasgow City Council's GDPR Implentation Project
Lauren Findlay, solicitor, Glasgow City Council, discusses her experience of being involved with the GDPR implementation project
Five reasons why you should take a seat in litigation (even if you don’t want to be a litigation lawyer)
Catriona Hepburn, a second year trainee at Brodies, discusses the five main reasons she believes a seat in litigation is a must.
Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR
Laura Irvine, partner at Davidson Chalmers Stewart solicitors and author of our 'Guide to GDPR', discusses how change in the final wording of the Data Protection Act 2018 will help solicitors when dealing with third party subject access requests.
£15 voucher for telling us what you think
We want solicitors, trainee solicitors and accredited paralegals to come along to one of our focus groups and tell us what they think of our email communications.
Peebles pupils win national debating tournament
Mhairi Sinclair and Helen Whalley from Peebles High School won the final of the Law Society of Scotland’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament last night, Thursday 7 June and earned the title of Scotland’s best young debaters.
Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament
Pupils from four Scottish schools are preparing for the final of this year’s Donald Dewar memorial debating tournament.
