Advocates

Professional Bodies:
Faculty of Advocates
Faculty Services Limited
The Advocates Library  - Parliament House, Edinburgh EH1 1RF
History of the Profession of Advocate
What is an Advocate? 

Find an Advocate:
Full List of Practising Advocates from the Faculty of Advocates
Search for an Advocate on the Faculty Site

Stables of Advocates:
Advocates are divided into groups which are known as Stables.  Each Stable is run by an Advocates’ Clerk and a full list of the Stables and contact details of each are available from the Faculty of Advocates’ Clerking Services and Stables page. The Faculty of Advocates website for each of the 12 Faculty Stables are:-

• Ampersand (formerly Ferguson Stable)
• Arnot Stable
• Baker Stable 
• Black Stable
• Connarty Stable
• Ferguson Stable
• Flynn Stable
• Hastie Stable
• Mackinnon Stable
• Manderson Stable
• Murray Stable
• Terra Firma Chambers
• Thomson Stable
• Westwater Stable

Individual Stables with external Faculty Websites:
Ampersand Stable (formerly Ferguson)
Murray Stable of Advocates

Individual Advocates:
David Bartos
Scott Blair
Laurence Kennedy
Jonathan Mitchell, QC (see also useful Advocates FAQ)
Maurice O'Carroll
Steven Walker

Solicitor Advocates:
Society of Solicitor Advocates
Solicitors' Association of Higher Court Advocates

Individual Solicitor Advocates:
Directory of Civil and Criminal Solicitor Advocates

Barristers in Northern Ireland:
The Bar Council of Northern Ireland 

Barristers in England & Wales:
The Bar Council of England & Wales 
The Bar Directory for England & Wales
Institute of Barristers' Clerks
Guide to Barristers, the Bar Council, Inns

Inns of Court: 
Guide to the Inns of Court and History
Maps of Legal London and the Inns

• Gray's Inn 
• Inner Temple 
• Inner Temple Library
• Lincoln's Inn 
• Middle Temple 

Circuits of Barristers in England & Wales:

• European Circuit
• Midland Circuit
• North Eastern Circuit
• Northern Circuit 
• South Eastern Circuit 
• Wales & Chester Circuit 
• Western Circuit

Bar Associations and Groups in E&W:

• Administrative Law Bar Association
• The Bar Association for Commerce, Finance & industry (BACFI)
• Bar European Group
• Chancery Bar Association
• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
• Criminal Bar Association
• Employment Law Bar Association (ELBA)
• Family Law Bar Association
• Intellectual Property Bar Association
• Justices' Clerks' Society
• London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
• Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association
• Personal Injuries Bar Association
• Professional Negligence Bar Association
• Revenue Bar Association
• Technology and Construction Bar Association

Other Links:
The Bar Council Education and Training site
Bar Pro Bono Unit 

International Bar Associations:

• Commonwealth Lawyers Association
• Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
• European Criminal Bar Association
• Federation of European Bars
• International Bar Association
• International Criminal Bar
• Inter Pacific Bar Association
• Union International des Avocats

• Australia - Law Council of Australia
• Belgium - Brussels Bar (Dutch speaking)
• Belgium - Brussels Bar (French speaking)
• Canada - Canadian Bar Association
• China - China Law Council
• France - National Council of French Bar Associations (Conseil National des Barreaux)
• Paris Bar Association
• Germany - German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein)
• Berlin Bar Association
• Germany - German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer)
• Hong Kong - Hong Kong Bar Association
• Ireland - Bar Council of Ireland
• Japan - Japan Federation of Bar Associations
• Korea - Korean Bar Association (non English website)
• Malaysia - Malaysian Bar Council
• Netherlands - Netherlands Bar Association
• New Zealand - New Zealand Law Society
• Spain - General Council of the Spanish Bar
• South Africa - General Council of the Bar of South Africa
• USA - American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• State Bar of California

For a listing of law firms, solicitors and advocates as well as sheriff courts and Scottish Solicitors Property Centres in other areas of Scotland including Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Dumfries and Galloway, Lothian, Central, Fife, Wick and Shetland in Scotland return to the Scottish Law Firm Directory main page by clicking this link.