University of Glasgow School of Law
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The School of Law at the University of Glasgow
provides undergraduate
and postgraduate
courses in Law, and awards the degrees
of Bachelor of Laws
(Legum Baccalaureus, LL.B.), Master of Laws
(Legum Magister, LL.M.), Master of Science
(Magister Scientiæ, M.Sc.), Master of Research
(M.Res.) and Doctor of Philosophy
(Philosophiæ Doctor, Ph.D.), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree
.
There are forty-four full-time academic staff and over one thousand students. The current Head of the School of Law is Professor Rosa Greaves.
and Civil Law
were taught, however by the sixteenth Century, instruction in both of these had fallen out of practice. It was during this time that James Dalrymple of Stair
came to Glasgow to study for an M.A.
(1633-1637) and then became a regent (1641-1647) teaching philosophy. He went on to become Lord President
of the Court of Session
in 1671, and published his Institutions of the Law of Scotland in 1681, the first systematic exposition of Scots Law. The Stair Building, where the School of Law is housed, is named in his honour.
In 1712, there was established a Chair of Law at the University, which was endowed by Queen Anne
the following year, becoming the Regius Chair of Law. The first occupant of the Chair was William Forbes, and subsequent notable Professors have included John Millar, William Gloag
, David Walker
and Joe Thomson
. This revived the teaching of Law at Glasgow, and subsequent Chairs included the Chair of Conveyancing
, established in 1861 by the Faculty of Procurators
; the Douglas Chair of Civil Law in 1948; the Chair in Jurisprudence (1952); in Public Law (1965); and the John Millar Chair of Law in 1985, named for the previously-mentioned Regius Professor of Law.
In 1984, the Faculty of Law became the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies, and in 1992, the individual legal departments were grouped together into the School. In 2005, the Faculty merged with the Faculty of Social Sciences, becoming the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences. Current plans would see this Faculty combine with the Faculty of Education into a new College of Social Sciences.
The Library
has a dedicated Law section on Level 7 of its building, and there is a Law Workshop in the Basement of the Stair Building. Both stock all major series of Law Reports
as well as hundreds of reference works, and students can access legal databases such as Westlaw
and LexisNexis
through Athens
accounts.
The School of Law was placed fourteenth The Times
' Good University Guide 2010, making it third of ten in Scotland. It was placed fifth for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey of the six institutions participating, but scored as low as 23% in questions on Feedback & Assessment. The School intends to move to within the top seven law schools in the UK. The School submitted 37.95 equivalent staff in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
, second only to Edinburgh's 48.74, and the largest number within the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences. Fifteen submissions were ranked at the highest level (4*), compared to thirty at Edinburgh and twenty at Strathclyde, and five at Aberdeen, Dundee and Stirling, while forty achieved the second-highest (3*), which placed Glasgow joint-second with Strathclyde, behind only Dundee, which achieved forty-five 3* submissions. Thirty-five of Glasgow's submissions achieved 2* ratings and ten achieved 1*.
Undergraduate
Applicants for all undergraduate courses, except the two-year accelerated LL.B., are required to sit the National Admissions Test for Law
.
Taught Postgraduate
The School of Law also offers a number of postgraduate qualifications through the Glasgow Graduate School of Law, run in conjunction with the University of Strathclyde
. This currently includes the Diploma in Legal Practice, however from 2010, the School of Law will no longer offer the Diploma through GGSL and will operate its own course. Douglas Mill, former Chief Executive of the Law Society
, was appointed Director of Professional Legal Practice. There was previously a Chair in Professional Legal Practice, established in 1984, of which James Inglis was the only occupant.
Research Degrees
The School of Law awards the degrees of LL.M. by Research, M.Res in Law and Ph.D., and offers research supervision in most areas of Law.
, Aix-Marseille III, Berlin
, Mainz, Freiburg
, Copenhagen
, Maastricht, Stockholm
, Gothenburg, Lund
, Helsinki
, Bergen
, Rotterdam, Antwerp
, Ghent
, Liège
, Madrid
, Granada
, Bologna
, Cagliari
, Bilbao
, Buffalo
, North Carolina
, British Columbia
, Sydney
, Auckland
, Brisbane
, Hong Kong and Singapore
.
Study abroad generally takes place in the Third Year. It is a necessary part of the Law with Languages programme but is open to all students in the School of Law. The School's International Officer is Mr. John Brown, who will be succeeded by Professor Jim Murdoch in October 2010.
.
Ball, and because of the number of students attending it is necessary to hold the event in city centre hotels as there is no hall in the University large enough to accommodate it. The Society also organises charity events, including a Christmas present drive
for disadvantaged children.
The Society is student-run by a committee elected in the Spring, comprising President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity & Charities Convenor, Events & Sports Convenor and Website Convenor, as well as two representatives from each of the four undergraduate year groups and a Postgraduate Representative, who is elected in the Autumn. Membership is open to all students of the School of Law, and the Society is affiliated to the SRC
.
which runs an internal competition, The Dean's Cup, as well as organising the Alexander Stone National Legal Debate. All Scottish universities offering the LL.B. are entitled to enter this, although the competition is generally between Dundee
, Edinburgh
, Glasgow and Strathclyde
universities. The final is held in February or March each year in the Alexander Stone Court Room on the ground floor of the Stair Building. Glasgow
currently holds the trophy.
The Sheriff's Cup, organised by Glasgow Sheriff Court
, is an inter-varsity event held between Glasgow and Strathclyde and judged by a Senator of the College of Justice
. The moot is held annually in May or June and takes place in one of the larger court rooms at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Glasgow
is the reigning champion, and lead the series 11-9.
The Society is supported by Dr. Mark Godfrey, and the current President of the Mooting Society is Hannah Grey.
of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
and a Lord Chancellor, as well the first First Minister of Scotland, the current Deputy First Minister, and a Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.
Law
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Other professions
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
provides undergraduate
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
and postgraduate
Postgraduate education
Postgraduate education involves learning and studying for degrees or other qualifications for which a first or Bachelor's degree generally is required, and is normally considered to be part of higher education...
courses in Law, and awards the degrees
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
of Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
The Bachelor of Laws is an undergraduate, or bachelor, degree in law originating in England and offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree...
(Legum Baccalaureus, LL.B.), Master of Laws
Master of Laws
The Master of Laws is an advanced academic degree, pursued by those holding a professional law degree, and is commonly abbreviated LL.M. from its Latin name, Legum Magister. The University of Oxford names its taught masters of laws B.C.L...
(Legum Magister, LL.M.), Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...
(Magister Scientiæ, M.Sc.), Master of Research
Master of Research
In the UK and Ireland, the Master of Research degree is an advanced postgraduate degree available in a range of academic disciplines. Although a relatively new degree, the MRes is becoming increasingly popular with a number of the Russell Group Universities such as Imperial College London,...
(M.Res.) and Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
(Philosophiæ Doctor, Ph.D.), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
.
There are forty-four full-time academic staff and over one thousand students. The current Head of the School of Law is Professor Rosa Greaves.
History
At the University's foundation in 1451, there were four original faculties: Arts, Divinity, Law and Medicine. Both CanonCanon law
Canon law is the body of laws & regulations made or adopted by ecclesiastical authority, for the government of the Christian organization and its members. It is the internal ecclesiastical law governing the Catholic Church , the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, and the Anglican Communion of...
and Civil Law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
were taught, however by the sixteenth Century, instruction in both of these had fallen out of practice. It was during this time that James Dalrymple of Stair
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair , Scottish lawyer and statesman, was born at Drummurchie, Barr, South Ayrshire.-Biography:...
came to Glasgow to study for an M.A.
Master of Arts (Scotland)
A Master of Arts in Scotland can refer to an undergraduate academic degree in humanities and social sciences awarded by the ancient universities of Scotland – the University of St Andrews, the University of Glasgow, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh, while the University of...
(1633-1637) and then became a regent (1641-1647) teaching philosophy. He went on to become Lord President
Lord President of the Court of Session
The Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in Scotland, and presiding judge of the College of Justice and Court of Session, as well as being Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the High Court of Justiciary, the offices having been combined in 1836...
of the Court of Session
Court of Session
The Court of Session is the supreme civil court of Scotland, and constitutes part of the College of Justice. It sits in Parliament House in Edinburgh and is both a court of first instance and a court of appeal....
in 1671, and published his Institutions of the Law of Scotland in 1681, the first systematic exposition of Scots Law. The Stair Building, where the School of Law is housed, is named in his honour.
In 1712, there was established a Chair of Law at the University, which was endowed by Queen Anne
Anne of Great Britain
Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the...
the following year, becoming the Regius Chair of Law. The first occupant of the Chair was William Forbes, and subsequent notable Professors have included John Millar, William Gloag
William Gloag
William Murray Gloag KC was a Scottish lawyer and academic, and Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow...
, David Walker
David Maxwell Walker
David Maxwell Walker CBE, QC FBA FRSE is a Scottish lawyer and academic, and former Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow.-Early life:...
and Joe Thomson
Joe Thomson
Joseph McGeachy Thomson FRSE is a Scottish lawyer and academic. He has previously served as Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and as a member of the Scottish Law Commission.-Early life:...
. This revived the teaching of Law at Glasgow, and subsequent Chairs included the Chair of Conveyancing
Chair of Conveyancing, Glasgow
The Chair of Conveyancing is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1861 and partly endowed by the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow...
, established in 1861 by the Faculty of Procurators
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow is a professional body of legal practitioners based in Glasgow and providing services to lawyers in the city and the surrounding area...
; the Douglas Chair of Civil Law in 1948; the Chair in Jurisprudence (1952); in Public Law (1965); and the John Millar Chair of Law in 1985, named for the previously-mentioned Regius Professor of Law.
In 1984, the Faculty of Law became the Faculty of Law and Financial Studies, and in 1992, the individual legal departments were grouped together into the School. In 2005, the Faculty merged with the Faculty of Social Sciences, becoming the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences. Current plans would see this Faculty combine with the Faculty of Education into a new College of Social Sciences.
Today
The School of Law is housed in the Stair Building (named for Viscount Stair), a row of internally-connected terraced houses on The Square, which is adjacent to the Main Building of the University and into which the University Chapel protrudes. Plans are currently being considered for new accommodation for the School of Law, probably involving construction of a new building.The Library
Glasgow University Library
The University of Glasgow Library is one of the oldest and largest University libraries in Europe. It holds more than 2.5 million books and journals, as well as providing access to an extensive range of electronic resources including over 30,000 electronic journals.The current 12-storey building,...
has a dedicated Law section on Level 7 of its building, and there is a Law Workshop in the Basement of the Stair Building. Both stock all major series of Law Reports
Law report
Law reports or reporters are series of books that contain judicial opinions from a selection of case law decided by courts. When a particular judicial opinion is referenced, the law report series in which the opinion is printed will determine the case citation format.The term reporter was...
as well as hundreds of reference works, and students can access legal databases such as Westlaw
Westlaw
Westlaw is one of the primary online legal research services for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and is a part of West. In addition, it provides proprietary database services...
and LexisNexis
LexisNexis
LexisNexis Group is a company providing computer-assisted legal research services. In 2006 it had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records related information...
through Athens
Athens access and identity management
Athens is an Access and Identity Management service based in the United Kingdom that is supplied by Eduserv to provide single sign-on to protected resources combined with full user management capability...
accounts.
The School of Law was placed fourteenth The Times
The Times
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' Good University Guide 2010, making it third of ten in Scotland. It was placed fifth for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey of the six institutions participating, but scored as low as 23% in questions on Feedback & Assessment. The School intends to move to within the top seven law schools in the UK. The School submitted 37.95 equivalent staff in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
, second only to Edinburgh's 48.74, and the largest number within the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences. Fifteen submissions were ranked at the highest level (4*), compared to thirty at Edinburgh and twenty at Strathclyde, and five at Aberdeen, Dundee and Stirling, while forty achieved the second-highest (3*), which placed Glasgow joint-second with Strathclyde, behind only Dundee, which achieved forty-five 3* submissions. Thirty-five of Glasgow's submissions achieved 2* ratings and ten achieved 1*.
Chairs
The following Chairs of the University have provinces within the School of Law:- Regius Chair of Law: Vacant since 2005
- Professor of ConveyancingChair of Conveyancing, GlasgowThe Chair of Conveyancing is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1861 and partly endowed by the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow...
: Robert Rennie - Chair of Mercantile LawChair of Mercantile Law, GlasgowThe Chair of Mercantile Law is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, founded in 1919. It has had five holders, including politician Sir John Craik-Henderson and Robert Jack, one of Scotland's most noted contemporary commercial lawyers, and has been vacant since 1993.-History:In 1894, a...
: Vacant since 1993 - Douglas Professor of Civil Law: Ernest Metzger
- Professor of JurisprudenceChair of Jurisprudence, GlasgowThe Chair of Jurisprudence is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, founded in 1952.-History:The Chair was founded in 1952 and the first holder, David Walker, appointed in 1954. Walker was himself a graduate of the School of Law and would go on to become a distinguished legal scholar, being...
: Scott Veitch - Jean Monnet Professor of European Law: Noreen Burrows
- Alexander Stone Professor of Commercial Law: Iain MacNeil
- John Millar Professor of LawJohn Millar Chair of LawThe John Millar Chair of Law is a Professorship in Law at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 in honour of John Millar, the Scottish philosopher and Regius Professor of Law at the University from 1761 to 1800.-History:...
: Adam TomkinsAdam TomkinsProfessor Adam Tomkins is a British legal scholar and John Millar Professor of Public Law at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow.Tomkins was educated at the University of East Anglia and the London School of Economics... - International Bar Association Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine: Sheila McLeanSheila McLeanProfessor Sheila Ann Manson McLean, FRSE, FRCPE, FRCGP, FRSA is International Bar Association Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine and director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow...
- Professor of Banking Law: Lorne Crerar
- Chair of International Law: Christian Tams
- Professor of Competition Law and Policy: Mark Furse
Courses Offered
The School of Law offers the following undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses.Undergraduate
- LL.B. Law (Ordinary and Honours)
- LL.B. Law (two-year accelerated Ordinary for graduates)
- LL.B. Law with Languages (Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish or Spanish)
- LL.B. Law with European Legal Studies (French, German, Italian or Spanish)
- LL.B. Law with Joint Honours (can be studied with Business Economics, Business Management, Economic and Social History, Economics, English Literature, Gaelic Language, Geography, History, Philosophy, Politics or Slavonic Studies)
Applicants for all undergraduate courses, except the two-year accelerated LL.B., are required to sit the National Admissions Test for Law
LNAT
The LNAT or National Admissions Test for Law, is an admissions aptitude test that was adopted in 2004 by eight UK university law programs as an admissions requirement for home applicants...
.
Taught Postgraduate
- LL.M. in International Commercial Law
- LL.M. in Corporate and Financial Law
- LL.M. in International Law
- LL.M. in International Competition and Law Policy
- LL.M. in Medical Law
- M.Sc. in Legal and Political Thought
- M.Sc. in Human Rights and International Politics
- M.Sc. in European Politics and Law
The School of Law also offers a number of postgraduate qualifications through the Glasgow Graduate School of Law, run in conjunction with the University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde Law School
Strathclyde Law School was established in 1964 and operates within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland....
. This currently includes the Diploma in Legal Practice, however from 2010, the School of Law will no longer offer the Diploma through GGSL and will operate its own course. Douglas Mill, former Chief Executive of the Law Society
Law Society of Scotland
The Law Society of Scotland is the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors.It promotes excellence among solicitors through representation, support and regulation of its members. It also promotes the interests of the public in relation to the profession...
, was appointed Director of Professional Legal Practice. There was previously a Chair in Professional Legal Practice, established in 1984, of which James Inglis was the only occupant.
Research Degrees
The School of Law awards the degrees of LL.M. by Research, M.Res in Law and Ph.D., and offers research supervision in most areas of Law.
Study Abroad
The School of Law has fostered links with universities all around the world to provide exchange and study abroad programmes. These include the universities of Paris, LyonJean Moulin University Lyon 3
Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 is a French public university, based in Lyon. It is under the supervision of the Academy of Lyon...
, Aix-Marseille III, Berlin
Free University of Berlin
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, Mainz, Freiburg
University of Freiburg
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, Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law
The University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law has two departments including a number of research centres and prepares students for the Bachelor of Law degree and the profession degree in Law, cand. jur....
, Maastricht, Stockholm
Stockholm University
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, Gothenburg, Lund
Lund University
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, Helsinki
University of Helsinki
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, Bergen
University of Bergen
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, Rotterdam, Antwerp
University of Antwerp
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, Ghent
Ghent University
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, Liège
University of Liège
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, Madrid
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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, Granada
University of Granada
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, Bologna
University of Bologna
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, Cagliari
University of Cagliari
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, Bilbao
University of Deusto
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, Buffalo
University at Buffalo Law School
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, North Carolina
University of North Carolina School of Law
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, British Columbia
University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
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, Sydney
Sydney Law School
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, Auckland
University of Auckland Law School
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, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology
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, Hong Kong and Singapore
National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
The National University of Singapore, Faculty of Law is the older of Singapore's two law schools. The Faculty was initially established as the Department of Law in the then University of Malaya in 1956, with the first batch of students matriculating in the following year...
.
Study abroad generally takes place in the Third Year. It is a necessary part of the Law with Languages programme but is open to all students in the School of Law. The School's International Officer is Mr. John Brown, who will be succeeded by Professor Jim Murdoch in October 2010.
Students
Students in the School of Law elect Class Representatives from each of their classes to represent them at meetings of committees within the School of Law. The School comes within the Faculty of Law, Business and Social Sciences constituency on the Students' Representative CouncilGlasgow University Students' Representative Council
Glasgow University Students' Representative Council was founded on 9th March 1886 and recognised as the legal representative body for students of the University of Glasgow by the Universities Act 1889. The SRC is responsible for representing students' interests to the management of the University...
.
Law Society
The Glasgow University Law Society organises social activities for students at the School of Law, including the annual Law Ball, held every February. The event is of a comparable size to the GUSAGlasgow University Sports Association
Glasgow University Sports Association is a student organisation at the University of Glasgow responsible for the promotion of sport, and to which sports teams at the University may affiliate.-History:...
Ball, and because of the number of students attending it is necessary to hold the event in city centre hotels as there is no hall in the University large enough to accommodate it. The Society also organises charity events, including a Christmas present drive
Drive (charity)
In charitable organizations, a drive is a collection of items for people who need them, such as clothing, used items, books, canned food, cars, etc. Some drives are that people go through their inventory, bag the items up, and put them in a giveaway bin, or charitable organizations such as Big...
for disadvantaged children.
The Society is student-run by a committee elected in the Spring, comprising President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Publicity & Charities Convenor, Events & Sports Convenor and Website Convenor, as well as two representatives from each of the four undergraduate year groups and a Postgraduate Representative, who is elected in the Autumn. Membership is open to all students of the School of Law, and the Society is affiliated to the SRC
Glasgow University Students' Representative Council
Glasgow University Students' Representative Council was founded on 9th March 1886 and recognised as the legal representative body for students of the University of Glasgow by the Universities Act 1889. The SRC is responsible for representing students' interests to the management of the University...
.
Mooting
The School of Law has a student-run Mooting Society,which runs an internal competition, The Dean's Cup, as well as organising the Alexander Stone National Legal Debate. All Scottish universities offering the LL.B. are entitled to enter this, although the competition is generally between Dundee
University of Dundee School of Law
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, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh School of Law
The University of Edinburgh School of Law, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, dedicated to research and teaching in law. Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University...
, Glasgow and Strathclyde
Strathclyde Law School
Strathclyde Law School was established in 1964 and operates within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland....
universities. The final is held in February or March each year in the Alexander Stone Court Room on the ground floor of the Stair Building. Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
currently holds the trophy.
The Sheriff's Cup, organised by Glasgow Sheriff Court
Glasgow Sheriff Court
Glasgow Sheriff Court is a Sheriff Court in the Gorbals area of Glasgow, within the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. It is reputedly the busiest court in Europe....
, is an inter-varsity event held between Glasgow and Strathclyde and judged by a Senator of the College of Justice
Senator of the College of Justice
The Senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of Senator: Lords of Session ; Lords Commissioner of Justiciary ; and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court...
. The moot is held annually in May or June and takes place in one of the larger court rooms at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
is the reigning champion, and lead the series 11-9.
The Society is supported by Dr. Mark Godfrey, and the current President of the Mooting Society is Hannah Grey.
Alumni
There have been many distinguished alumni of the School of Law, some of whom are listed below. These include the first woman appointed to the Scottish Bench, five current judges of the Court of Session (including the present Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Gill), two Law Lords, six Lord Presidents, twelve Lord Advocates, a JusticeJustice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom are the judges of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom other than the President and Deputy President. The Supreme Court is the highest in the United Kingdom for civil matters, and for criminal matters from England and Wales and Northern Ireland...
of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English law, Northern Ireland law and Scottish civil law. It is the court of last resort and highest appellate court in the United Kingdom; however the High Court of Justiciary remains the supreme court for criminal...
and a Lord Chancellor, as well the first First Minister of Scotland, the current Deputy First Minister, and a Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.
Law
- Harald Leslie, Lord BirsayHarald Leslie, Lord BirsayHarald Leslie, Lord Birsay KT, CBE, Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay KT, CBE, Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay KT, CBE, (MBE (mil.), TD, QC, DL (8 May 1905 - 27 November 1982) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.-Early life:...
, Chairman of the Scottish Land CourtScottish Land CourtThe Scottish Land Court is a Scottish court of law based in Edinburgh with subject-matter jurisdiction for disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies and matters related to crofts and crofters. The Chairman of the Scottish Land Court is ranked as a Senator of the... - Iain Bonomy, Lord Bonomy, Senator of the College of JusticeSenator of the College of JusticeThe Senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of Senator: Lords of Session ; Lords Commissioner of Justiciary ; and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court...
and Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaThe International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a... - Matthew Clarke, Lord ClarkeMatthew Clarke, Lord ClarkeMatthew Gerald Clarke, Lord Clarke is a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session.-Early life:...
, Senator of the College of Justice - Hazel Cosgrove, Lady CosgroveHazel Cosgrove, Lady CosgroveThe Right Honourable Hazel Josephine Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, CBE , is a Scottish lawyer, and was the first woman to be appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of Scotland's Supreme Courts....
, first female Senator of the College of Justice (retired) - Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson, Lord AdvocateLord AdvocateHer Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament...
and Lord President of the Court of SessionLord President of the Court of SessionThe Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in Scotland, and presiding judge of the College of Justice and Court of Session, as well as being Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the High Court of Justiciary, the offices having been combined in 1836... - Donald FindlayDonald FindlayDonald Findlay QC, is a well-known senior advocate and Queen's Counsel in Scotland. He has also held positions as a vice chairman of Rangers Football Club and twice Rector of the University of St Andrews...
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
, advocate - George Emslie, Lord EmslieGeorge Emslie, Baron EmslieGeorge Carlyle Emslie, Baron Emslie. PC, MBE , was a Scottish judge.Educated at the High School of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, he was commissioned in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in World War II in North Africa, Italy, Greece and Austria, rising to the rank of Brigade...
, Lord President of the Court of Session - Henry Erskine, Lord Advocate
- Thomas Miller, Lord GlenleeThomas Miller, Lord GlenleeSir Thomas Miller, 1st Baronet , known as Lord Glenlee during his judicial service, was a Scottish politician and judge....
, Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session, and Rector of the University of Glasgow - John Inglis, Lord GlencorseJohn Inglis, Lord GlencorseJohn Inglis, Lord Glencorse FRSE was a Scottish politician and judge. He was Lord President of the Court of Session ....
, Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session, and Rector of the University of Glasgow - Brian Gill, Lord GillBrian Gill, Lord GillBrian Gill, Lord Gill is Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, the country's second most senior judge, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. In February 2007 the Scottish Executive announced that Lord Gill was to head a review of Scotland's civil courts...
, Lord Justice ClerkLord Justice ClerkThe Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session.The holder has the title in both the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary and is in charge of the Second Division of Judges in the Court of Session... - Ian Hamilton, advocate, Scottish NationalistScottish independenceScottish independence is a political ambition of political parties, advocacy groups and individuals for Scotland to secede from the United Kingdom and become an independent sovereign state, separate from England, Wales and Northern Ireland....
- Lord Irvine of LairgDerry Irvine, Baron Irvine of LairgAlexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, PC, QC , known as Derry Irvine, is a British lawyer and political figure who served as Lord Chancellor under his former pupil barrister Tony Blair....
, Lord ChancellorLord ChancellorThe Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign... - Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson, Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice
- Lord Jauncey of TullichettleCharles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of TullichettleCharles Eliot Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle PC was a British judge and advocate. He was often praised as one of the finest legal minds of his generation in Scotland, and his legal opinions - both as a practising advocate and as a judge - commanded immense respect.-Biography:Jauncey was...
, Lord of Appeal in OrdinaryLord of Appeal in OrdinaryLords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the House of Lords of the United Kingdom in order to exercise its judicial functions, which included acting as the highest court of appeal for most domestic matters... - Roderick Macdonald, Lord UistRoderick Macdonald, Lord UistRoderick Francis Macdonald, Lord Uist is a Scottish judge. As a Senator of the College of Justice, he is a member of the Court of Session, Scotland's highest court.-Early life:...
, Senator of the College of Justice - Hugh Macmillan, Baron MacmillanHugh Macmillan, Baron MacmillanHugh Pattison Macmillan, Baron Macmillan GCVO PC was a Scottish judge.The son of the Revd Hugh Macmillan, he was educated at Collegiate School, Greenock, at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow...
, Lord Advocate and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary - Alexander Munro MacRobertAlexander Munro MacRobertAlexander Munro MacRobert KC was a Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician.Educated at Paisley Grammar School, Edinburgh University and the University of Glasgow he became an advocate in 1897. He worked with the Admiralty in 1917-18 and as an Advocate Depute from 1919 to 1923. He was appointed...
, Lord Advocate - Professor Gerry MaherGerry MaherGerard 'Gerry' Maher QC is a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was a Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission from 2000–2008, and is currently Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Edinburgh. He was Professor of Criminal Law at Strathclyde Law School from 1992–2000.Maher studied Law...
, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh School of LawThe University of Edinburgh School of Law, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, dedicated to research and teaching in law. Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University...
, Law CommissionerScottish Law CommissionThe Scottish Law Commission is Scottish advisory public body established by Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1965 to keep the law of Scotland under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update Scots law. It plays a leading role in developing the law for the people of... - Hugh Matthews, Lord MatthewsHugh Matthews, Lord MatthewsHugh Matthews, Lord Matthews is a Scottish lawyer, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts.-Early life:...
, Senator of the College of Justice - Robin McEwan, Lord McEwanRobin McEwan, Lord McEwanRobin Gilmour McEwan, Lord McEwan is a Scottish lawyer and former judge of the High Court of Justiciary and Court of Session, the country's Supreme Courts.-Early life:...
, Senator of the College of Justice - William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice
- Ann Paton, Lady PatonAnn Paton, Lady PatonAnn Paton, is a Scottish lawyer and Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's Supreme Courts, sitting in the High Court of Justiciary and the Inner House of the Court of Session...
, Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Rodger, Baron Rodger of EarlsferryAlan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, FRSE, FBA, PC was a Scottish lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom....
, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United KingdomSupreme Court of the United KingdomThe Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the supreme court in all matters under English law, Northern Ireland law and Scottish civil law. It is the court of last resort and highest appellate court in the United Kingdom; however the High Court of Justiciary remains the supreme court for criminal... - Alexander Ure, 1st Baron StrathclydeAlexander Ure, 1st Baron StrathclydeAlexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde GBE was a Scottish politician and judge.Educated at the University of Glasgow he was admitted to membership of the Faculty of Advocates in 1878....
, Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session - Professor Alan WatsonAlan WatsonProfessor W.A.J. 'Alan' Watson is a Scottish law and legal history expert, and is regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on Roman law, comparative law, legal history, and law and religion...
, Civil LawRoman lawRoman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD — when the Roman–Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of government. The development of Roman law comprises more than a thousand years of jurisprudence — from the Twelve...
scholar (former Douglas Professor of Civil Law) - Lord Wilson of LangsideHenry Wilson, Baron Wilson of LangsideHenry Stephen Wilson, Baron Wilson of Langside PC QC was a Scottish lawyer, Labour politician and life peer....
, Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Wheatley, Lord Advocate and Lord Justice Clerk, established Scottish Legal AidLegal aidLegal aid is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and the right to a fair trial.A number of...
system - Norman Wylie, Lord WylieNorman WylieNorman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946...
, Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice
Politics
- Des BrowneDes BrowneDesmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010...
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, former Secretary of State for DefenceSecretary of State for DefenceThe Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position...
and Secretary of State for ScotlandSecretary of State for ScotlandThe Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was... - Sir Menzies CampbellMenzies CampbellSir Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell, CBE, QC, MP is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advocate, and a retired sprinter. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.Campbell held the British record...
, former Leader of the Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the... - Donald DewarDonald DewarDonald Campbell Dewar was a British politician who served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament in Scotland from 1966-1970, and then again from 1978 until his death in 2000. He served in Tony Blair's cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997-1999 and was instrumental in the creation...
, former First Minister of ScotlandFirst Minister of ScotlandThe First Minister of Scotland is the political leader of Scotland and head of the Scottish Government. The First Minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy... - Annabelle EwingAnnabelle EwingAnnabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician, lawyer and currently a SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife...
, former Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for PerthPerth (UK Parliament constituency)Perth was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1918, 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005. From 1832 to 1918 it was a burgh constituency. From 1918 to 1950, and 1997 to 2005, it was a county constituency... - Fergus EwingFergus EwingFergus Ewing is the Scottish Government's Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism and the Scottish National Party Member of the Scottish Parliament for Inverness and Nairn.- Background :...
, Minister for Community SafetyMinister for Community SafetyThe Minister for Community Safety is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet...
in the Scottish ParliamentScottish ParliamentThe Scottish Parliament is the devolved national, unicameral legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood area of the capital, Edinburgh. The Parliament, informally referred to as "Holyrood", is a democratically elected body comprising 129 members known as Members of the Scottish Parliament... - Tam GalbraithTam GalbraithThe Hon. Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE , was a British Conservative politician....
, former Member of Parliament for Glasgow HillheadGlasgow Hillhead (UK Parliament constituency)Glasgow Hillhead was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1997... - James Allison GlenJames Allison GlenJames Allison Glen, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1945....
, former Speaker of the Canadian House of CommonsSpeaker of the Canadian House of CommonsThe Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow Members of Parliament... - Robert Stevenson HorneRobert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of SlamannanRobert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...
, former Chancellor of the ExchequerChancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the... - John LamontJohn Lamont (Scottish politician)John Lamont is a Scottish Conservative Party politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire. He won the predecessor constituency of Roxburgh and Berwickshire in May 2007 and won the newly constituted seat with an increased majority...
, Member of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish ParliamentMember of the Scottish Parliament is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.-Methods of Election:MSPs are elected in one of two ways:...
for Roxburgh and BerwickshireRoxburgh and Berwickshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)Roxburgh and Berwickshire was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament until 2011. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the plurality method of election... - John SmithJohn Smith (UK politician)John Smith was a British Labour Party politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden death from a heart attack in May 1994...
, former Leader of the Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... - Nicola SturgeonNicola SturgeonNicola Sturgeon is the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party and Member for Glasgow Southside....
, Deputy First Minister of ScotlandDeputy First Minister of ScotlandThe Deputy First Minister of Scotland is the deputy to the First Minister of Scotland.The post is not recognised in statute , and its holder is simply an ordinary member of the Scottish Government...
Other professions
- Gerard ButlerGerard ButlerGerard James Butler is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies , which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in...
, actor - Duncan Inglis Cameron, former Secretary of Heriot-Watt UniversityHeriot-Watt UniversityHeriot-Watt University is a university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The name commemorates George Heriot, the 16th century financier to King James, and James Watt, the great 18th century inventor and engineer....
- Sir William Kerr FraserWilliam Kerr FraserSir William Kerr Fraser GCB is a retired British civil servant, who served as Permanent Secretary at the Scottish Office, and as Principal and later Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.-Early life:...
, former Principal and Chancellor of the UniversityChancellor of the University of GlasgowThe Chancellor is the titular head of the University of Glasgow and President of the General Council, by whom he is elected. The office is intended to be held for life. His principal duty is to confer degrees upon those presented to him by the Senate, although this role is usually carried out by... - Fred GoodwinFred GoodwinSir Frederick Anderson Goodwin CA, FCIBS is a Scottish chartered accountant and former banker who was chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group between 2001 and 2009....
, former Chief Executive of the Royal Bank of ScotlandRoyal Bank of ScotlandThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the... - Katherine GraingerKatherine GraingerKatherine Grainger MBE is a Scottish rower.Her family moved to Netherley, Aberdeenshire and Katherine represents Edinburgh's St Andrew Boat Club in rowing events. She trained on the River Dee, which has the distinction of being the only river she has fallen into whilst rowing.She is a three time...
, rower - Sir James GuthrieJames Guthrie (artist)Sir James Guthrie was a Scottish painter, best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today more generally regarded as a painter of Scottish Realism.-Life and work:...
, former President of the Royal Scottish AcademyRoyal Scottish AcademyThe Royal Scottish Academy is a Scottish organisation that promotes contemporary Scottish art. Founded in 1826, as the Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts, the RSA maintains a unique position in Scotland as an independently funded institution led by eminent artists and... - Denise MinaDenise MinaDenise Mina is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the Garnethill trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having recently written...
, author
Staff
- Elspeth AttwoollElspeth AttwoollElspeth Attwooll is a retired Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. She is a former Member of the European Parliament for Scotland....
, Member of the European ParliamentMember of the European ParliamentA Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for ScotlandScotland (European Parliament constituency)Scotland constitutes a single constituency of the European Parliament. For 2009 it elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.- Boundaries :...
(former lecturer in JurisprudenceJurisprudenceJurisprudence is the theory and philosophy of law. Scholars of jurisprudence, or legal theorists , hope to obtain a deeper understanding of the nature of law, of legal reasoning, legal systems and of legal institutions...
) - Andrew Dewar GibbAndrew Dewar GibbAndrew Dewar Gibb was a Scottish politician, barrister and professor....
, former Leader of the Scottish National PartyScottish National PartyThe Scottish National Party is a social-democratic political party in Scotland which campaigns for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom....
(former Regius Professor of Law) - Professor William GloagWilliam GloagWilliam Murray Gloag KC was a Scottish lawyer and academic, and Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow...
, co-author of The Law of Scotland (Gloag and Henderson) (former Regius Professor of Law) - Professor Sheila McLeanSheila McLeanProfessor Sheila Ann Manson McLean, FRSE, FRCPE, FRCGP, FRSA is International Bar Association Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine and director of the Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow...
, Director of the School of Law's Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine - Professor John Millar, philosopher, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
(former Regius Professor of Law) - Robert Reed, Lord ReedRobert Reed, Lord ReedRobert John Reed, Lord Reed is a Scottish lawyer and has been a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the country's supreme courts, since 1998. He sat as the principal judge in the Commercial Court before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008, and has sat as a...
, Senator of the College of Justice (Honorary Professor) - Professor Joe ThomsonJoe ThomsonJoseph McGeachy Thomson FRSE is a Scottish lawyer and academic. He has previously served as Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and as a member of the Scottish Law Commission.-Early life:...
, Law CommissionerScottish Law CommissionThe Scottish Law Commission is Scottish advisory public body established by Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1965 to keep the law of Scotland under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update Scots law. It plays a leading role in developing the law for the people of...
(former Regius Professor of Law) - Professor Adam TomkinsAdam TomkinsProfessor Adam Tomkins is a British legal scholar and John Millar Professor of Public Law at the School of Law of the University of Glasgow.Tomkins was educated at the University of East Anglia and the London School of Economics...
, Public Law scholar (John Millar Professor of Law) - Professor David WalkerDavid Maxwell WalkerDavid Maxwell Walker CBE, QC FBA FRSE is a Scottish lawyer and academic, and former Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow.-Early life:...
, Private Law scholar (former Regius Professor of Law) - Professor Alan WatsonAlan WatsonProfessor W.A.J. 'Alan' Watson is a Scottish law and legal history expert, and is regarded as one of the world's foremost authorities on Roman law, comparative law, legal history, and law and religion...
, Civil LawRoman lawRoman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD — when the Roman–Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of government. The development of Roman law comprises more than a thousand years of jurisprudence — from the Twelve...
scholar (former Douglas Professor of Civil Law)