The Scottish Young Lawyer’s Association are delighted to share details of its upcoming panel event celebrating Women in Law, aligned with this year’s International Women’s Day theme: “Accelerating Action.” Join SYLA on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. on 14 May 2025 for an evening filled with insights and motivation from our esteemed panel of highly experienced women in law.

We are pleased and grateful to by joined by our panellists, chaired by Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe, lecturer in Law at Glasgow Caledonian University and a co-founder of the Women in Law Project:

• Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC – Dorothy Bain KC has been serving as the Lord Advocate since 2021, becoming the second woman to hold this office. Before her appointment, she worked in private practice and served as an Advocate Depute from 2002 to 2011. In 2009, Dorothy Bain KC was appointed the first female Principal Advocate Depute.
• Laura Meldrum – Laura Meldrum is a Senior Associate at Harper Macleod LLP. Laura Meldrum is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion, serving as Co-Chair for the recently launched Women in Law Scotland and member of the LawScot Wellbeing Steering Group for the Law Society of Scotland.
• Rupa Mooker – Rupa Mooker is an employment lawyer and the Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Manager at Ashurst. Rupa Mooker is a champion for equality and diversity, and sits on the Law Society for Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Committee as well as the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyer’s Assocaition Committee.

SYLA views this theme as a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the progress made within the legal profession and to evaluate the steps that can be taken by leaders and young lawyers to promote equity of opportunity and gender parity.

The committee encourages members to submit questions for our panellists. Questions should be submitted to the SYLA mailbox (mail@syla.co.uk), by close of play on 12 May 2025. The SYLA committee will compile a list of questions that will be asked to the panellists on behalf of its members.