Alison Reid was enrolled as a solicitor in 1996. She worked in civil litigation in private practice for four years before being employed as a Reporter to the Children's Hearings. Having recognised the need for a specialist, outreach, legal representation service for children and young people in Scotland, Alison co-founded Clan Childlaw in 2008 and continues to be employed as its Chief Executive and Principal Solicitor. Clan has intervened in the Supreme Court on three occasions and most recently represented ABC in the Supreme Court in the case of ABC v Principal Reporter [2020] UKSC 26 in relation to the rights of brothers and sisters.