The Board of Trustees consists of a mixture of permanent (“Lay”) trustees and ex officio trustees (one nominated by the President of the Law Society of Scotland and one by the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates). There must be not less than 3 and no more than 6 trustees. There are currently 3 lay trustees and 2 ex officio trustees. Ex officio trustee appointments are for renewable terms of 3 years.
Trustees
Chair
The Hon Lady Hood
Chris Nicholson WS (Permanent)
Professor Roderick R M Paisley (Permanent)
The Hon Lord Ericht (Permanent)
Law Society of Scotland Nominee
Lucy Thornton, Associate, Anderson Strathern LLP (Ex Officio)
Faculty of Advocates Nominee
Giles Reid, Advocate
Legal Education Advisory Committee (“LEAC”)
Representatives of Scottish University Law Faculties
Professor Frankie McCarthy
Professor of Private Law, University of Glasgow
Professor Pamela Ferguson
Professor of Scots Law, University of Dundee
Representative of Law Society of Scotland
Angela Fyfe, Solicitor and Member of Law Society of Scotland Education and Training (Standard Setting) Sub-committee
Representative of Young Scottish Lawyers
Emma Boffey, Advocate – Faculty of Advocates
HM Signet (Ex Officio) – Nominee
Sophie Mills WS
Secretary to the Foundation
Lynsey Kerr WS
Lindsays
Caledonian Exchange
19a Canning Street
Edinburgh EH3 8HE
Foundation email address:
clarkfoundation@lindsays.co.uk