Lord Nicol Stephen is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He graduated from The University of Aberdeen in 1980 with an LLB. Lord Stephen became the Member of the Scottish Parliament for Aberdeen South and was the leader of the Scottish Liberal Demoncrats from 2005 to 2008. He is a former Deputy First Minister of Scotland and Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.

He became a Patron of The Aberdeen Law Project in 2011.

"I am delighted that I can lend my support to The Aberdeen Law Project. I am certain that The Project  will be of great benefit to people in the North-East."