who secured the first Royal Pardon issued in Scotland Sir David King Murray, Lord Birnam (1884–1955), Solicitor-General for Scotland, Senator of the College of Justice Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay, Chairman of the Scottish Land Court Iain Bonomy, Lord Bonomy, Senator of the College of Justice and Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia James Boyle, legal academic, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law James Chadwin QC, barrister who represented Peter Sutcliffe (the "Yorkshire Ripper") Matthew Clarke, Lord Clarke, Senator of the College of Justice Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, first woman judge in Court of Session James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, 17th century Scottish jurist Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson, Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session George Emslie, Lord Emslie, Lord President of the Court of Session Henry Erskine, former Lord Advocate Brian Gill, Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk John Inglis, Lord Glencorse, former Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session, and former Rector of the University Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee, former Lord Advocate and Lord President of the Court of Session, and former Rector of the University Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Lord President of the Court of Session Ian Hamilton, advocate, Scottish Nationalist Lord Irvine of Lairg, former Lord Chancellor Douglas Jamieson, Lord Jamieson, former Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, Senator of the College of Justice and literary critic Robert Malcolm Kerr, Judge of the Guildhall Court in the City of London for 43 years Sir Neil MacCormick, Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, University of Edinburgh Hugh Macmillan, Baron Macmillan, former Lord Advocate and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary Alexander Munro MacRobert, former Lord Advocate Professor Gerry Maher, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Edinburgh, former Law Commissioner Hugh Matthews, Lord Matthews, Senator of the College of Justice Robin McEwan, Lord McEwan, Senator of the College of Justice William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, former Lord Advocate and Senator of the College of Justice David Murray (1842–1928), Glasgow solicitor, antiquarian, book-collector, and legal scholar Ann Paton, Lady Paton, Senator of the College of Justice Ralph Risk (1891–1961), solicitor, lawyer, president of the Law Society of Scotland and senior partner in Maclay Murray & Spens Lord Roger of Earlsferry, Lord