The Society - Objects of the FBLS & Organisation

The objects for which the Society is established are:

a) to advance public education and training in the practice of French, Scottish and English law generally and in particular in the context of the EC and its constitutive treaties.
(b) to facilitate relations and exchanges between French, Scottish and English lawyers thereby contributing to the expansion of legal, political, economic and cultural relations between France and the United Kingdom.

Organisation:

The Society is guided by a Board of Directors meeting quarterly whose members are drawn from the wide range of different types of lawyers which constitutes the membership of the Society.

The management of the Society is performed by a Management Committee in London which meets every two weeks and is composed of both French and British lawyers. There are Committees in Edinburgh and in Paris to coordinate the activities of the Society in Scotland and France. A network of regional correspondents has been established in France and the United Kingdom. The Society has offices in London and uses the services of an Administrator.