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Contacts

• Chair: Sheriff Alison Stirling
• Branch Secretary: Niall Campbell    
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2025-2026 FULL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AVAILABLE HERE

Meetings are held monthly from October through to March at 5.30 pm at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Chambers Street, Edinburgh.

All those with an interest in crime and criminal justice are very welcome.  There is no need to register in advance. 

1.5 hrs of CPD time may be claimed by Advocates, Solicitors, Police and Social Workers. 
Refreshments are served at the end of each Lecture.

Next Event - Tuesday 24th February 2026 at 5.30 pm

Cold Cases

Guest Speaker:  Professor Lesley McMillan, Director of Scottish Cold Cases Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University

Attachments:

Cold Cases	[Professor Lesley McMillan Glasgow Director of Scottish Cold Cases Unit - 240226]	112 kB
Criminal Justice Substance Use Prison Experiences and the Power of Change	[030226 - Kevin Neary - Aid and Abet]	112 kB
A Current Perspective on Fatal Accident Inquiries	[into Deaths in Custody in Scotland - 130126]	140 kB
SASO Edinburgh Branch Programme	[Updated 27 November 2025]	195 kB
UNCRC - Implications for Adult Criminal Justice Processes	[021225 - Professor Nancy Loucks - CEO Families Outside]	112 kB
Youth Justice from TikTok to the Courtroom	[041125 - Dr Faith Gordon - Australian National University]	125 kB
SASO Edinburgh Branch Programme 2025-2026	[updated 141025]	201 kB
Modern Slavery - 07102025	[7 October 2025 - Lord Justice-Clerk Beckett and Lord Matthews]	122 kB
The Barlinnie Special Unit - A Forgotten Legacy	[040325]	125 kB
Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the Police - SLIDES	[Craig Naylor - 040225]	953 kB
Equality Diversity and Inclusion in the Police	[040225 - Craig Naylor HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary Scotland]	123 kB
The Risk Management Authority and its work	[140125]	68 kB
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and its work	[031224]	120 kB
Isolation is a daily feature of my life - 051124	[The pervasive nature of isolation in Scottish Prisons]	191 kB
Thinking about violence - 011024	[Fantasies of murder sexual violence and reverge from adolescence to early adulthood]	149 kB
SASO Edinburgh Branch Programme 2024-25.pdf	[ ]	68 kB
Challenges of New Technologies and protecting children from sexual harm	[Slide Presentation - Stuart Allaydyce - Lucy Faithfull Foundation]	2524 kB
The State of Prison @250 - the Aferlives of John Howard	[050324]	142 kB
Challenges of New Technologies and Protecting Children from Sexual Harm	[060224]	123 kB