Blogs & opinions
Will Aid needs you!
Reasons for taking part in the 2011 campaign
Red letter day for legal aid
Government concession shows strength of united profession
A two tier PCC?
Can a single body do all that is required?
Complaints against the SLCC
Concerns about a complaint that was not sifted out as spurious
The corruption of power
The real problem with the News of the World is that it managed to stay above the law for so long
Food for further thought
McCluskey interim report useful, but more work to be done
Seen to be doing something
A constructive way forward for the anti-sectarianism bill?
UK Supreme Court needed as effective domestic remedy
Scottish Human Rights Commission open letter to Members of the Scottish Parliament
Salmond brings unity
Rare joint statement by President and Dean shows importance of issue
Independence vote: one is enough
Second poll would have high risk of indecisive outcome
Police station duty plan proposals unacceptable
Open leter from Glasgow Bar Association rejects current SLAB/Scottish Government plan
Judges and politicians
Scottish ministers have surely overstepped the mark this time
Access to justice for Scottish citizens
Open letter re the Scottish Government's attack on Scottish judges
Discrimination: bad for business
Society will lead in tackling negative perceptions of the profession by ethnic minority solicitors
What sort of legal independence?
Criminal cases and the Supreme Court
The challenge of open government
Law officer appointments are not the real test of accountability
Defining privacy
Article 8 or Article 10: that is the question
Dealing with the new Parliament
Society wants to continue constructive relationship in dealing with legal issues
Shock of the new
One election result that is going to make life a whole lot more interesting, not least for legal observers
Something worth voting for
The Holyrood election hasn't caught fire, but the AV poll is crucial
The price of rights
Do individuals' remedies have to be put on hold pending court challenges to legislation?
Messages for an audience
Panelists at Society's hustings manage to connect with reality (most of the time)
In search of a constitution
What does counsel's opinion mean for the talks in progress?
Arming the Libyan rebels: a legal move?
Can our Government provide arms to the rebels under the UN resolution in the face of the previous embargo?