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Attorney General to give special Public Lecture at University of East London - 28 Nov

Tuesday 13 November 2007

Baroness Scotland QC, the Attorney General, will address an audience of students and staff from the University of East London (UEL) School of Law on Wednesday 28 November.

Baroness Scotland, who is also an Honorary Doctor of Laws of UEL, will discuss the nature of her role as the government’s chief legal advisor and other related matters, from policing and counter-terrorism to public interest and the criminal justice system.

The event, which is organised by the UEL Student Law Society, Mooting Society and School of Law, will also be open to interested members of the public who register in advance. It takes place in the Main Lecture Theatre, Duncan House, Stratford High Street.

The Office of the Attorney General dates back to the 13th Century, and Baroness Patricia Scotland QC, appointed to the position in June 2007, is the first female AG in the office’s eight hundred year history.

Baroness Scotland, along with her deputy, the Solicitor General, is responsible for overseeing the Government Legal Service and the prosecution services, including the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office, as well as for acting as guardian of the public interest. Calls for review and reform of the role have grown as a consequence of its controversial dual loyalty to both public and government.

Patricia Scotland made legal history in 1991 when she became a Queen’s Counsel at the age of 35, the youngest QC since William Pitt the Younger and the first ever black woman QC. In 1997, she was appointed to the House of Lords as Baroness Scotland of Ashtal, the UK’s joint-first black female peer. She served as Lord Irvine's deputy before being appointed Attorney General earlier this year.

For details and registration, call Franc Gooding on 020 8223 2884 or visit http://www.uel.ac.uk/lectureseries

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