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OPG professional guardians training now offered online
Remote version launched of mandatory course for eligible firms

Aberdeen Law School opens online SQE Preparation course
University is first in Scotland to offer support for English solicitor exam

Thorntons develops solicitor advocate training programme
Support offered to solicitors seeking to build litigation career

Lawscot Foundation appoints five new trustees
Appointees include former Foundation bursary recipient

Twenty trainees join Harper Macleod in biggest intake
Firm now has 37 currently training to be solicitors

Former Children's Commissioner joins Glasgow University
Bruce Adamson named as Professor of Practice for initial fixed term

Addleshaws opens scheme for less-privileged young
Young Explorers Programme offers year-long career insight

Lawscot Foundation appeals for solicitor mentors
Volunteers needed to provide guidance to bursary students

MSP proposes law to enforce child restraint guidelines
Consultation opens on "Calum's law" for monitoring and teacher training

Clydebank school wins COPFS public speaking contest
St Peter the Apostle team take trophy in Parliament House final

Glasgow Caledonian wins first Sheriff Principal's Moot
Trophy awarded in inaugural Royal Faculty-backed competition

Blackadders solicitor wins two STEP excellence awards
Taylor Henry scores in accounts and diploma tests

Scots students feature in Pro Bono Awards finals
Three universities represented in shortlists for LawWorks and AG's Awards

Lawyer in "From Counsel to Counsellor" research appeal
Katie McKenna seeks interviewees on attitudes to counselling

Lawscot Foundation applications open for 2023 awards
Package offered to intending students from less advantaged backgrounds

Mini-devils respond positively to Faculty programme
Student feedback welcomes taster chance of career at bar

SYLA publishes traineeship survey results
Most report good training, but views mixed over hybrid working

Aberdeen students win again in negotiation contest
Law students will represent Scotland at international final

Bishopbriggs make their mark in National Mock Trial
Faculty-mentored team come third in UK final

Scholarship applications open for intending 2024 devils
Faculty invites applications for four separate support awards

MiniTrials Steering Group expands its ambitions
Two appointed to help widen interest in legal event for schools

Three in four Scots LLB applicants are women: new data
Freedom of information request reveals recent decline in male applicants

Glasgow's Emma Ritch Law Clinic to support complainers
Funding gained to set up unique clinic for advice, teaching and research

Faculty opens "mini-devilling" taster programme
Diploma students given glimpse of life at the bar