Sir Donald Neil MacCormick was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2004, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party.
Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry was a Scottish academic, lawyer, and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Professor of Divinity is an academic position at the University of Glasgow.
The Regius Chair of Medicine and Therapeutics is considered the oldest chair at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. It was formed in 1989 from the merge of the Regius Chairs of the Practice of Medicine and of Materia Medica. The chair has so far had two occupants, Professor John Reid, who was previously Regius Professor of Materia Medica and - since 2010 - Professor Anna Felicja Dominiczak, the first woman to have ever held the post.
The Chair of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow in Scotland was established in 1691. Previously, under James VI's Nova Erectio, the teaching of Mathematics had been the responsibility of the Regents.
The Professorship of Greek is a chair at the University of Glasgow. Following a bequest by Douglas MacDowell, the chair was renamed the MacDowell Professor of Greek in his honour.
The Chair of Ecclesiastical History of the University of Glasgow is the oldest chair of ecclesiastical history in the United Kingdom.
The Regius Chair of Anatomy is a Regius professorship at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
The Chair of Moral Philosophy is a professorship at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, which was established in 1727.
The Regius Chair of Astronomy is a Regius Professorship in the University of Glasgow.
The Regius Chair of Zoology is a Regius Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1807 by George III of the United Kingdom as the Regius Chair of Natural History. In 1903, when the Chair of Geology was founded at Glasgow University, the title was changed to Zoology.
The Regius Chair of Obstetrics and Gynaecology is a Regius Professorship at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1815 as the Regius Chair of Midwifery by King George III of Great Britain. From 1790 to 1815 the subject was taught by a lecturer on the Waltonian Foundation. The name was changed to Obstetrics and Gynaecology in 1992.
The Regius Chair of Botany at the University of Glasgow is a Regius Professorship established in 1818.
The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, LLM by Research, Master of Research (MRes) and Doctor of Philosophy, the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree.
The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS) is a multi-disciplinary professional body and learned society, founded in Scotland, for professional engineers in all disciplines and for those associated with or taking an interest in their work. Its main activities are an annual series of evening talks on engineering, open to all, and a range of school events aimed at encouraging young people to consider engineering careers.
Joseph McGeachy Thomson was a Scottish lawyer and academic. He was Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Scottish Law Commission.
David Maxwell Walker was a Scottish lawyer, academic, and Regius Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow.
The Chair of Conveyancing was a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, active until 2014. It was founded in 1861 and endowed by the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. It was a part-time post, and holders were generally solicitors in private practice. The last holder of the post was Professor Robert Rennie, before he retired from the role in 2014.
The Chair of Mercantile Law is a Professorship at the University of Glasgow, founded in 1919. It has had five holders, including politician Sir John Craik-Henderson and Robert Jack, one of Scotland's most noted contemporary commercial lawyers, and has been vacant since 1993.
The Regius Professorship of Laws is a professorship at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). It is one of the oldest chairs in the college, having been founded in 1668. Professor Mark Bell has held the post since July 2015.
