Meet the Policy team

Jennifer Paton is a Scottish solicitor and our Head of Policy. Jennifer looks after a number of areas of law and policy including Mental Health and Disability Law and Trusts and Succession Law.

Michael Clancy is a Scottish solicitor and our Director of Law Reform. Michael looks after a number of areas of law and policy including Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum.

Fiona Menzies is a Scottish solicitor and our Policy Manager. Fiona looks after a number of areas of law and focusses on access to justice and legal aid issues.

Terri is one of our Policy Executives and leads on a number of areas including charity law, child and family law and health and medical Law. Terri has previously worked in public sector roles with a Public Inquiry and the Procurator Fiscal Service.

Elaine MacGlone is a Scottish solicitor and our Equality and Diversity Manager. Elaine works to progress equality and diversity within the legal profession and looks after our Equalities law and policy work.

Richard is a Scottish solicitor and one of our Policy Executives. Richard leads on a number of areas including obligations, insolvency, banking, company and competition law. He is also qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and his previous experience includes in-house and private practice work.

Dr Adam Marks is our International Policy Executive. Adam works to deliver our international strategy, promoting the work of the Society and the Scottish legal profession on an international stage.

As part of our strategy, we set out our ambition to secure a modern, flexible and enabling legislative framework to improve legal services regulation  - read more about our work.

Information about how we meet our responsibilities to our employees, the public and members, and the support we provide for members.

One of the main functions of our policy team, along with our network of volunteers, is to analyse and respond to proposed changes in the law.

Working on behalf of the Scottish legal profession across the globe.

Our volunteer Policy committees carry out invaluable work helping to shape good legislation in the best interests of all those who use and are affected by the law.