Congratulations are in order for 33 of the Law Society of Scotland's members as they have been recognised for their work in their chosen fields.

Emma Hamilton, 2025’s winner of the Paralegal of the Year Award at the Scottish Legal Awards, became a mum at 19 and decided to juggle motherhood and a career in law to provide for her daughter. Now she reflects on this chapter in her life and what the future of a paralegal career looks like.

Whether it is contract creation, invoices, or client meetings every office has set procedures built into their systems that can easily be overlooked when assessing for risk. This webinar will highlight how risk often results from an amalgamation of small failures in these long-trusted systems rather than one large miss-step.