Legal figures named among 2022 RSE Fellows

Four prominent Scots lawyers, including Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk and chair of the Scottish Sentencing Council, are among 80 individuals named in the 2022 intake of Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

The list also features Lord Woolman, Inner House judge and President of the Scottish Tribunals; Professor Lindsay Farmer of the University of Glasgow School of Law, who specialises in criminal law; and Linda Urquhart OBE, former chief executive and then chair of Morton Fraser, and now a non-executive director at Edinburgh Airport and Coutts, and a trustee for Marie Curie UK.

Professor Sir John Ball, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, commented: “It is a privilege to be able to welcome our new Fellows, and we are inspired by the breadth of talent and experience in our Fellowship. Every single individual elected this year has shown exceptional levels of expertise and insight in their chosen field, and their input helps RSE effect real and lasting change in Scotland’s society. 

“We look forward to working with our diverse Fellowship who provide a crucial link between the world of academic research and practice with government, business and civil society.”

The current Fellowship comprises around 1,700 individuals recognised as being some of the greatest thinkers and practitioners working in, or with, Scotland today.