Lord David Hope of Craighead - Royal Society of Edinburgh

Fellowship

The RSE Fellowship comprises around 1,800 leading experts in the sciences, arts, business, professions and the third and public sectors, with links to Scotland. This range of expertise within the Fellowship places us in a unique position to provide an informed, interdisciplinary response to issues facing Scotland and internationally.

Our Fellows from academia, business and public service are among the most distinguished in their fields. We engage and connect nationally and internationally to share knowledge and tackle the most pressing challenges of the modern world.

Elected: 2003
Discipline: Philosophy, Theology and Law
Lord David Hope of Craighead
Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates (1986-1989); Lord President of the Court of Session (1989-1996); a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1996-2009); Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court (2009-2013); Convenor of the Crossbench Peers (2015-2019); Chief Justice of the Abu Dhabi Global Market Courts (2015-).
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