"I don't have things such as paper clips, and I've brought in my own laptop," she says.
On her first day in office, Marshall hosted a conference in Edinburgh at which she outlined the 11 key areas that will demand "examination and consultation" from her office. "There was a real buzz," she says. "From the feedback I got it was well received."
Marshall's appointment in February was also well received by Scotland's children's services community (News, 18-24 February).
A solicitor who graduated from Glasgow University in 1973, she is a familiar face in the children's field due to her time as a visiting professor at the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society, and her role as a director of the Scottish Child Law Centre from 1989 to 1994. She also chaired the Edinburgh inquiry into the abuse and protection of children in care, which reported in 1999.
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