George Joseph Bell FRSE (26 March 1770 – 23 September 1843) was a Scottish advocate and legal scholar.

Bell became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1791, and was one of the close friends of Francis Jeffrey.

[1] In 1821, Bell was elected Professor of Scots Law in the University of Edinburgh; and in 1831 he was appointed to one of the principal clerkships in the supreme court.

[4] In 1831 he was appointed Principal Clerk of Session in place of Sir Walter Scott.

[5] He is buried in St John's Episcopal Churchyard at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh.