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Mrs Susan Gordon, Petitioner, [2023] SC ABE 26
Sheriff Philip Mann sitting in Aberdeen Sheriff Court has just handed down a landmark decision which, if followed by other courts, will open a new door in commissary practice across Scotland.
The deceased, Mr Thomas Nicol Rae, left a Will providing that…
Earlier this year I had the honour of being part of the School of Law’s mediation team, achieving second place amongst 18 teams at the highly competitive UK Student Mediation Competition.
This rewarding journey began with a unique opportunity to shadow Scotland’s best female commercial mediator, providing me with an…
The University of Aberdeen is truly international, with students coming from every part of the world. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, the move to Scotland is now more complicated. A self-isolation period of 14 days was one of the requirements for international students when arriving on Scottish territory. As…
Welcome to the Blended Learning, Blended Living blog. Held by LLM and Accelerated LLB law students, this little journal aims at sharing what it is like to study with a blended approach at the University of Aberdeen. This first post is here to introduce you the members of the team.
Yvonne Gutsohn
Studying…
This start of the academic year has been undoubtedly unusual for all the members of the University. Much work has been done to welcome everyone and provide them with the best conditions possible.
The University of Aberdeen has adopted a blended learning approach, holding part of our studies remotely while still…
On International Women’s Day, we look back at some of the most significant achievements of females throughout the history of our School of Law, and the changing landscape over the decades.
Early Graduates of our School
Elizabeth Barnett was the first female graduate of the School who went on…
I am delighted to be at the University of Aberdeen as a 2019 Fulbright Scotland Visiting Professor. In my regular life, I am a Professor of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, working on constitutional and election law issues. My Fulbright project will look at election law changes…
Loch Lomond. Loch Ness. Scone (and the Palace of Scone). These are real places, all within a few hours’ drive of Aberdeen, Scotland, which in turn is the location of the annual (since 1987) law school summer abroad program. In summer 2018 I visited all those locations and more, including…
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
I had been very eagerly anticipating the 7th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR #CRI18) for weeks. On the day of departure, that…
This blog post is written by representatives of the Aberdeen branch of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA)
As we reflected on our time at the University of Aberdeen, we came to a conclusion that participation in an international moot court competition would be one of the most memorable experiences…
