We are a not for profit CPD provider and so reinvest any surplus back into the vital work of the Law Society across all its activities, including Wellbeing, Professional Practice, supporting new lawyers, policy research and advocacy on behalf of you – our members.
Our commitments to you:
- any surplus generated goes back into supporting the Law Society’s work
- we will reduce our environmental impact by increasing online content and reducing paper materials
- our events will be researched thoroughly to ensure their relevance and best possible learning outcomes
- we will create meaningful CPD for our members in all areas of practice
We add new innovations each year – all designed to help ensure that you have better access to as wide a range of learning materials and opportunities as possible. Please have a look at our new Learning Management System to see the quality and breadth of our online CPD.
Each year we run over a hundred events, involving the leading practitioners from the profession, the judiciary, academia and business leaders. Our events are peer-to-peer led and are designed to ensure that we create the right environment for fantastic conversations and sharing the latest developments. We run courses in every area of legal practice, developing technologies in the profession, essential skills and ‘next step’ courses designed to give you the tools and confidence to maximise your potential.
If you are still unsure about completing your CPD with us, then don’t just take our word for it – have a look at some testimonials from fellow members. We look forward to seeing you thereafter at one of our events.
Jim joined the Law Society in June 2016, having previously worked in political publishing and conferences. He studied and taught Law as a post-grad at Keele University, having completed an earlier degree at University of St Andrews.
Jim is responsible for the overall strategy of the CPD team, and additionally writes agendas for conferences. Please contact Jim if you’d like to discuss any aspect of the CPD team’s output.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 476 8153
Dr Sara Zanavello holds a full degree in Law (University of Padua), and a PhD in Law and Classics awarded jointly by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Padua. After obtaining her degree, she completed her 2-year traineeship in a busy firm in Verona specialising in civil court work and litigation. She joined the Law Society team in January 2019. Her work particularly focuses on writing programmes for conferences and seminars on child and family law, mental health law, housing law, personal injury, private client, and contract law.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 476 8100
Natalia is a barrister from New Dehli, and joined the Law Society in autumn 2019. She writes programmes and sources speakers for our seminars and conferences.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 370 1975
Tessa joined the Law Society in 2016 after several years working in venue management. Tessa has a BA in Festival and Event Management from Edinburgh Napier University and manages our flagship conferences, including In-house, Sole & High street and Technology conferences. She also manages our New Partner Practice Management course.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 476 8201
Emma joined the Law Society in 2019 after a few years working for a private sector events company. She has an MA in Social Policy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh. Emma manages our TCPD programme, certified courses and Civil and Criminal Rights of Audience course of training. She is also responsible for managing our learning management system.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 370 1970
Contact details: [email protected]
James joined us in March 2019 when he moved back to Scotland after several years working abroad. He'd been working in Malta doing marketing at an English language school before joining a digital agency. He achieved a first class honours in Communication, Advertising and PR from Edinburgh Napier University and won the CIPR Award for Academic Achievement.
James plans and manages the CPD marketing activities. You might occasionally see him at an event filming or taking photographs.
Contact details: [email protected] | 0131 476 8182
