Welcome to The Signet Accreditation – recognising excellence in legal services

The Signet Accreditation is a formal qualification for Scottish solicitors signifying proficiency in an area of legal practice. It is an initiative of The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, Scotland's independent association for lawyers and one of the world's oldest independent professional bodies.

It is an entirely new approach to assessing and accrediting legal services in Scotland. The assessment methodology is cutting edge, offering practical benefit to both lawyers and users of their services by assessing client-focussed skills as well as legal knowledge.

Congratulations to the 9 newly accredited solicitors who were awarded accreditation at the award ceremony on 04 March 2010.

The assessment programme commenced in 2007. In 2009, assessments were offered in the following practice areas:

• Commercial Property
• Commercial Litigation
• Corporate
• In house
• Employment

Assessments took place between between 5 and 16 October for Commercial Property, Commercial Litigation, Corporate and In-house. The Employment assesments took place between 7 and 18 December 2009.

The assessment dates and practice areas offered in 2010 will be announced shortly.

To read more about the principles underpinning the scheme please see our aims.

To find out more about how to apply see How to become accredited.