In-house Lawyers Committee
Conveners
Sheekha Saha
Law Society of Scotland In-house Lawyers Committee
Law Society of Scotland In-house Lawyers Committee
Vlad Valiente
Head of Governance and Assurance, Dumfries & Galloway Council
Head of Governance and Assurance, Dumfries & Galloway Council
Secretary
Beth Anderson
bethanderson@lawscot.org.uk
bethanderson@lawscot.org.uk
Members
Michael Byrne, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Neil Campbell, RBS
Deborah Carroll
Catherine Corr, Scottish Enterprise
Hope Craig
John Forsyth, Lloyds Banking Group
Mairi Gibson, Revenue Scotland
Chris Lewis-Laverty, Sodexo
Jennifer Malcolm, BayWa r.e. UK Limited
Rachael McLean, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Member of In-house Lawyers’ Committee
Leigh Monteforte, LexisNexis
Ann Stewart, Shepherd & Wedderburn
Marion Sweetland
Aims & functions of the committee
- to engage with in-house solicitors and trainees (not working in private practice), ensuring the Law Society understands and serves their professional needs.
- to promote the interests and status of in-house solicitors and trainees.
- to encourage and assist in the development of better training of solicitors and trainees working in-house.
- to promote the value of employing in-house solicitors and trainees to organisations who do not currently employ solicitors or trainees.