Next year will see the return of the biennial Commonwealth Law Conference to Scotland for the first time in almost four decades. Glasgow will be playing host to around 1,000 lawyers from Commonwealth countries across the globe at the four-day event which opens on 12 April 2015, in the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, a potent symbol of the rule of law across the Commonwealth.
Alistair Morris, vice president of the Law Society of Scotland, (pictured) said: “The conference is one of the most prestigious in the international legal calendar and was last hosted in Scotland in Edinburgh in 1977. There has been huge change since then – not least the creation of the Scottish Parliament – and of course we are in the midst of debate in the run up to the independence referendum just five months from now. We are therefore delighted to have this terrific opportunity to showcase the quality of the legal profession in Scotland to our Commonwealth colleagues and demonstrate how our modern and flexible devolved legislature seeks to address the social, economic and legal challenges of our time.