Optimum were delighted to sponsor the Glasgow Bar Association’s Criminal Law Full Day CPD event on Friday 31st October 2025 at The Grand Central Hotel. We are grateful to Mark Moir KC, Paul Nelson KC, Dominic Burke, Frances Connor and Lynsey Morgan who all...
SYLA Criminal Litigation Series 2025
JUNE 2025 – SYLA Criminal Litigation Series 2025
We are delighted to partner with the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) to provide speakers for their Criminal Litigation Series 2025. This is a summer programme of free, CPD-accredited lunchtime webinars designed to equip junior practioners, trainees and students with practical skills and insights into the Scottish criminal justice process
The 10 part online series runs from 2 July to 3 September 2025. Each session benefits from 1-hour of CPD a live Q&A.
Optimum are looking forward to providing the following speakers:
Trial Preparation & the Intermediate Diet
2nd July – Marie Claire McMillan
Sentencing & Mitigation
30th July – Safeena Rashid

Preliminary Hearings & Jury Advocacy
10th September – Kevin Henry Solelmn Procedure

Summary and Jury Trials – Advocacy Skills
16th July – Gareth Reid

Appeals against Conviction & Sentence
2nd September – Wendy Culross
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GBA Family Law CPD Seminar
Optimum had the pleasure of providing speakers for The Glasgow Bar Association’s Family Law Day at The Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. Thank you to Lisa Currie at the GBA for organising such a great event and our Dominic Burke and Linzi McQuade for speaking.




