The Clark Foundation, a charitable institution set up by Jean Clark to promote Scots Law, has funded the Inaugural Jean Clark Lectures which have been designed to encourage the development of innovative legal thought and to permit the publication of the ensuing works for general public and legal benefit.
It is hoped the lectures will rotate around Scotland’s four major cities, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the first is being held on 1st to 3rd May 2007 at 6.30pm at the King’s College Auditorium, the University of Aberdeen.
The lectures will be given by The Right Honourable The Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, a Law Lord and Fellow of the British Academy, who will discuss how the judiciary handled the constitutional and legal implications of the split in the Church of Scotland during the 19th Century. Chairing the lectures will be The Right Honourable The Lord James Mackay of Clashfern who, like Lord Rodger, is one of the great modern minds on Scots Law. He is intimately acquainted with Presbyterian disruption as well as being a former Lord Chancellor.
To reserve a place at the Aberdeen Lectures please call 01224 272441 or email events@abdn.ac.uk.
Tods Murray partner, John Fulton, who is a Trustee of the Clark Foundation, will be attending on 3rd May for the final lectures which will culminate in a discussion.
John Fulton
John has been a Trustee of the Foundation since its inception in 1991 and hosts the annual Award Ceremony where numerous grants are awarded to promote and advance the legal and business education and training of Scots lawyers and students of Scots Law. Last year alone 30 grants were awarded totalling in excess of £140,000.
If you would like further information on the Clark Foundation or how to apply for a grant in the future please email clarkfoundation@todsmurray.com.