The Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet

About

The WS Society pursues its charitable purposes by: i) Delivering a legal education programme of continuing professional education (CPD). ii) The provision of law library resources and research support for the legal profession. iii) Providing a summer legal scholars programme open to students studying Scots law. iv) Providing access and support for academics and researchers to consult the Society’s historical collections. v) Cataloguing, conservation, curation, display, and selective digitisation of the Society’s historical library collections, incorporating volunteer and work experience opportunities. vi) Delivering a series of exhibitions and events accessible to the public on a range of legal, cultural, and historical subjects. vii) Maintaining the fabric and operational facilities of the Signet Library as a historic building.

Where we work