Learning the Law at St Andrews - Mooting
St Salvator's College Author Andy Hawkins Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 Source Wikimedia Commons Jane Lambert Although St Andrews lost its law school in 1967 when Queen's College became the University of Dundee, St Andrews graduates continued to enter the legal professions of all parts of the United Kingdom and many other countries. Their entry into the law is eased by the University of St Andrews Law Society a student organization supported by Herbert Smith Freehills and other leading law firms . The Society holds activities that prepare students for law school and a career in the law including moots, talks and workshops. I was invited to return to St Andrews on Monday 4 Nov 2024, to judge a mooting competition. I sat with Mike Gettinby Chief Legal Officer at the University of St Andrews and Paulina Kachalova , Mistress of the Moots, to judge one contest and with Callum Friel , Master of the Moots, to judge the...