April 2024 issue 16

 
IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

WS IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CONFERENCE 

Reserve your spot for the 16 May 2024.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 

Code of conduct for members. 

CELEBRATING WORLD HERITAGE DAY 

A testament to legal tradition and architectural beauty, the Signet Library remains a significant landmark in Edinburgh's ever-evolving story. 

MICHAEL CLANCY OBE WS AWARDED RSE FELLOWSHIP

We congratulate Michael for this tremendous achievement and wish him every success with his future endeavours. 

VISIT BY HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL FERNAND FILONI 

Principle Researcher James Hamilton displays the Signet Library’s extraordinary collection to His Eminence Cardinal Fernando Filoni.

VISIT OF THE SIR ROBERT MORAY SOCIETY TO THE SIGNET LIBRARY

Signet Library displays its copy of the National Covenant of 1638 for Society founded in honour of Jacobean Scottish intellectual.

SLAVERY AND THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT – JOHN FULTON WS BOOK LAUNCH 

Join John D O Fulton WS and Edinburgh World Heritage at the Signet Library on Thursday 13 June. 

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From the Society’s archives: the Coronation of King William III and Queen Mary II at Westminster, 11 April 1689. William and Mary had come to the throne as a result of the overthrow of King James II in what was known as the Glorious Revolution
As we look forward to next month’s Legal Symposium on Immigration and Asylum at the Signet Library, we are reminded of the many human rights lawyers associated with the Society. Chief amongst them is WS Fellow and Lebanese and British barrister
Today is World Heritage Day and what better day to celebrate the magnificent neo-classical architecture of the Signet Library, owned and operated by the WS Society (Scottish charity SC050987). The Signet Library was constructed and furnished during t
The Society’s Chief Executive, Robert Pirrie WS, is featured as Lawyer of the Month in the latest issue of Scottish Legal News. In an interview with Jimmy Black, Robert shares thoughts on his legal career, changes at the WS Society and the impo
The next conference in the WS Society’s leading legal education programme is the annual Intellectual Property Law Conference on 27 April. The keynote address will be given by Commercial Court judge, the Hon Lord Braid, who has been a Writer to
Spring sunshine streams through one of the windows of the Commissioners’ Room at the Signet Library. The Signet Library houses Scotland’s largest independent law library and is a world class centre of excellence in legal support services.
We are proud to launch the WS Society’s inaugural Immigration and Asylum Symposium, at the Signet Library, on 18 May 2023. As the global migration crisis intensifies, and the spotlight falls on the UK again with the introduction to Parliament o
On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate all female Writers to the Signet and Mandy Laurie, our most senior office bearer. Mandy was appointed Deputy Keeper of the Signet in 2018 and is a charismatic and inspiring leader. A highly accomplished and com
This fine portrait in oils of Christopher Douglas WS (1811 - 1894) was recently generously donated, along with important books and manuscripts, to the WS Society by the Douglas family. The Douglas family are closely associated with Sir Walter Scott a
Dinner service at the WS Society’s annual dinner on 11 November 2022, in the upper library at the Signet Library. Each year the Society and Deputy Keeper of the Signet, Mandy Laurie, welcome guests for the annual dinner. At the last dinner, the

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