Scottish Legal News
E-mail newsletter for the Scottish legal sector
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Scottish Legal News (SLN) is a free online news service for the Scottish legal sector.
Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dundee, Scotland, UK |
| Editors | Kapil Summan[1] Graham Ogilvy (managing) |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Users | 17,000[2] |
| Launched | June 2008 |
Established in 2008,[3] its daily content, distributed online and by email, includes a blackletter case law report as well as law firm announcements, such as appointments and promotions; legislative changes; international human rights stories; and events and job opportunities.[4]
A poll commissioned by the Law Society of Scotland in 2012 found that 76 percent of Scottish solicitors regularly read Scottish Legal News.[5]
The publication's editorials and surveys of the legal profession, on wide-ranging issues including Brexit,[6][7] lawyers' safety,[8] and major legal reforms,[9] regularly attract wider press attention.
The publication is edited by Kapil Summan and the managing editor is Graham Ogilvy.