Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC
Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - Lecture by The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC
Celebrating 20 Years in Dumfries - 20th Anniversary Lecture Series
Date: Tuesday 01 October 2019 - Sunday 29 September 2019
Time: 18:00 - 20:30
Venue: School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC
Join us to hear Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC’s lecture Sex, Drugs and Violence – Criminal Justice and Social Policy.
Tickets are £5. To book yours please go to www.dgboxoffice.co.uk, call 01387 253 383, email midsteeple@dumgal.gov.uk or visit the Mid Steeple Box Office in Dumfries.
Light refreshments will be served.
Biography:
(Excerpt taken from: https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/lord-advocate/)
He became an advocate in 1992 and was First Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Ministers from 2002 to 2007, the same year he was appointed Queen's Counsel. From 2007 to 2010 he served as an Advocate Depute.
Called to the bar of England and Wales in 2013, James was elected Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 2014. He is a member of the Faculty Dispute Resolution Service and has extensive experience of both commercial and public law.