Ruth Meiland was one of the first hundred women to graduate in Law from the University of Glasgow. She was a doctor’s daughter, born in Clydebank on 4th November 1929. Her father, Nathan, was a Glasgow medical graduate who had consulting rooms in the town. Ruth was a pupil at the Glasgow High School for Girls before going on to study Law in 1947. She was a very good student, achieving good passes in all her subjects and earning a Certificate of Distinction in Scots Law and Merits in Private International Law and Mercantile Law. She graduated B.L.in 1950. At the same time she would have served an apprenticeship with a law firm in preparation to go into practice. Details of her professional commitments remain to be documented. After her marriage to Leslie Levens in January 1956 she moved to London.
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University of Glasgow Registry and General Council Records
Scotlands People
