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How getting involved in debating can change your life
Head of education Rob Marrs explains how getting involved in debating, whether as competitor or judge, can be incredibly rewarding. And more importantly, he explains how to win a debate.
Career development and volunteering at the Law Society of Scotland
If you want to enhance your career, develop your skills or just give back to your profession, there are lots of different personal and professional development opportunities at the Society
Going international – a Scots lawyer's week at the IBA
John Morgan, a newly qualified solicitor at Brodies, recently received a scholarship from the International Bar Association to attend its annual conference in Washington DC. He tells of his experience
Letter: Balanced approach?
Client balances: does the Society apply different rules to itself regarding members' money?
£42.20: four more years
Will the Society now stand up for legal aid practitioners?
The journey to dual qualification
Lancaster based Clare Davey explains her route to qualifying into Scotland before being admitted as a Scottish solicitor earlier this year
Street Law – not your standard law lecture
Laura-Anne Douglas, LL.B graduate from Dundee University and Street Law trainer, explains all about the Law Society’s Street Law scheme
Top tips for working from home
Chantel Gaber, head of member engagement for England & Wales at the Law Society of Scotland, explains her top tips for working out of the office
Smartcards from the Highlands to Hong Kong
As the rollout of smartcards to Scottish solicitors begins to wind down, Jana Berger from the Society’s smartcard team reflects on a process that has seen over 9,000 cards issued
Master Policy: why switch from Marsh?
Some concerns, and the Society's response
Turn of the year
Reviews at the AGM and the change of President highlight significant issues of the moment
Mission to make new lawyers' views heard
Q&A with Ayla Skene, solicitor at Pinsent Masons in Glasgow, who has just been co-opted as the new lawyers’ representative on the Society's Council
In-house support for in-house solicitors
With the launch of the new guide for in-house solicitors earlier this month, we thought it was high time we got Beth Anderson, the Society’s Head of Member Engagement for In-House Lawyers, on the blog
First impressions
Olivia Parker, careers and outreach executive and recent addition to the Law Society of Scotland’s Education, Training & Qualifications team, tells of her experience of the Society so far
Politicians, priorities and public interest: Scottish party conference season
Tim Mouncer, public affairs manager at the Law Society of Scotland, explains what’s in store for this spring’s party conferences
Letter: conflicted over conflict?
Comment on the Professional Practice article in the December 2015 Journal
Make a difference. Have an impact. Join our Council
A Q&A with Jackie McRae, partner and manager of family law at Pagan Osborne, and new lawyers Council member at the Law Society of Scotland 2009-2012
Moving on up
Now settled in at the Society’s new office at Atria One, Sarah Sutton explains how the big move will make a difference to you
Looking forwards
Comments on the EU referendum, and the Society's member survey; and on the possible benefits from the Society's new offices
A Street Law lesson for Street Lawyers
Laura Gulliver tells us more about the latest training for law students joining the Law Society’s Street Law scheme
Under the public gaze
Time for a review of how to uphold the public interest in cases such as Hales/Thomson
Gulliver’s travels
Laura Gulliver, careers and outreach manager at the Society, reveals all about autumn in the Education & Training team
Happy birthday, Brussels
As the Society's Brussels office marks its 25th anniversary, Sarah Sutton looks at what it does and how it serves the profession
Off the hook
Sarah Sutton quizzes Mark from the Society’s Public Communications team to find out why the Society gets so many phone calls from the public