Meet the Policy team

Michael Clancy is a Scottish solicitor and our Director of Law Reform. Michael looks after a number of areas of law and policy including constitutional law, human rights, immigration and asylum.

Jennifer Paton is a Scottish solicitor and our Head of Policy. Prior to joining the Society in 2019, she worked in a variety of roles in private practice and the third sector. In addition to looking after the Policy team and strategy, Jennifer supports the Society's work on Mental Health and Disability Law.

Fiona Menzies is a Scottish solicitor and our Policy Manager. Fiona looks after a number of areas of law and focusses on access to justice and legal aid issues.

Terri is one of our Policy Executives and leads on a number of areas including charity law, child and family law and health and medical Law. Terri has previously worked in public sector roles with a Public Inquiry and the Procurator Fiscal Service.

Reuben is one of our Civil Policy Executives and leads on a number of areas including environmental law, tax law and planning law. Reuben previously worked in the Scottish Parliament as a researcher and as a freelance researcher, with an interest in constitutional law and Scottish history.

Elaine MacGlone is a Scottish solicitor and our Equality and Diversity Manager. Elaine works to progress equality and diversity within the legal profession and looks after our equalities law and policy work.

Richard is a Scottish solicitor and one of our Policy Executives. Richard leads on a number of areas including contract and delict, insolvency, banking, company and competition law. He is also qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and his previous experience includes in-house and private practice work.

Dr Adam Marks is our International Policy Executive. Adam works to deliver our international strategy, promoting the work of the Society and the Scottish legal profession on an international stage.

Liliana is a Colombian senior lawyer specialising in criminal procedure law. She joined the Society as an executive in our Research and is now a Policy Executive, looking after our criminal law work.

Information about how we meet our responsibilities to our employees, the public and members, and the support we provide for members.

Working on behalf of the Scottish legal profession across the globe.

Our Intelligence, Insight and Research team undertakes and commissions research into issues that affect our members, the wider legal profession and those who engage with it. 

One of the main functions of our policy team, along with our network of volunteers, is to analyse and respond to proposed changes in the law.

In 2015 we set out our ambition to secure a modern, flexible and enabling legislative framework to improve legal services regulation  - read more about our work.

Our committees carry out valuable work looking at a range of issues to do with improving the law and legal practice.