LegalEdCon 2025 took place at Kings Place, London, on Thursday 15 May 2025. We’ll be announcing details of LegalEdCon 2026 in the autumn. The conference is attended each year by learning & development and graduate recruitment teams from over 150 leading law firms, as well as academics from universities across the UK.
LegalEdCon
Speakers
Julie Swan
Director of Education and Training at the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Colin Shaw
Head of Learning and Development (EMEA) at Norton Rose Fulbright
Thom Brooks
Professor of Law and Government at Durham University Law School
Tom Wicksteed
Early Careers Manager at Mishcon de Reya
Charlie Moore
Senior Paralegal at Kingsley Napley
Charlotte Wanendeya
Head of Law at BPP University Law School
Alisa Gray
Director of Learning at BARBRI
Morette Jackson
Director of Business Development at The University of Law
Danielle Viall
General Counsel at the Legal Services Board
Dr Giles Proctor
CEO & Head of School at The College of Legal Practice
Caroline Lister
Director of Client Partnerships at BPP University Law School
Richard Macklin
Former Global Vice Chair at Dentons
Joanna Hughes
Co-CEO of City Century
Jonathan Worrell
Director of Business Development at BARBRI
Lou Lecomte
Solicitor Apprentice at TLT
George McNeilly
Early Talent Partner at DWF
Joanna Stevens
Senior Early Talent Manager at Charles Russell Speechlys
Daisy Mortimer
Senior Future Talent Manager at Stephenson Harwood
Ellis Johnstone
Early Talent Development Lead at Clifford Chance
Sue Elabor
Organisational Psychologist at Blueprint For All
Roy Morgan
Training & Design Specialist at BARBRI
Professor Joanna Ballard
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic at The University of Law
Amia Tahir
Solicitor Apprentice at Dentons
Danielle Lobel-Weiss
Employment & Immigration Partner at Lee & Thompson
Tickets
Super Early Bird
£180 + VAT
Early Bird
£230 + VAT
Standard Release
£290 + VAT
Final Release
£350 + VAT
Please note that LegalEdCon is for professionals rather than students, who we do not charge to attend our events. However, we do have a limited number of free tickets for our student campus ambassadors. You can find out more about the Campus Ambassador Programme here.
Schedule
From 8:30
Breakfast
9:00
Welcome
9:15
Mind the gap: tackling workplace readiness
10:05
The psychology of learning
10:55
Morning coffee and networking
11:30
Gen Z: expectations and realities
12:20
Lunch
13:30
The SQE unfiltered
14:45
Afternoon coffee and networking
15:05
Diversity meets politics
16:10
Keynote
17:00
Closing remarks
17:15 onwards
Drinks and canapés reception and the Legal Cheek Awards 2025
About the sponsors
BPP University Law School
With over 30 years’ experience, there’s a reason why BPP Prepares you better. As one of the UK’s leading law schools, we pride ourselves on working with legal employers, firms, chambers, and regulators to build and deliver professionally relevant courses that prepare you for a rewarding career in law. Our commitment to innovation and practical learning is the reason that we are trusted to shape the brightest legal talent – from the Magic Circle to high street practice, chambers to charities. Each of our courses focus entirely on your employability, developing the practical skills you need as a lawyer to ensure you have that edge to secure qualifying work experience or pupillage. Which is why we invest heavily in technology to provide you with the most effective and dynamic learning experience, one which mirrors life in practice and prepares you to succeed in a modern legal environment. Don’t just be prepared. BPP Prepared.
BPP University Law School is based across the UK – with two centres in London (Holborn and on the South Bank in Waterloo) and centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester. We also offer innovative and engaging online learning for those who wish to study remotely.
BARBRI
BARBRI has over 50 years’ proven expertise in preparing aspiring lawyers to succeed in their professional exams. The SQE assessment requires a breadth of knowledge in one multiple-choice exam not previously experienced in the law degree, GDL or LPC. Only BARBRI has the experience to prepare graduates to succeed in this style of assessment. BARBRI supports law firms, universities and graduates by investing in a new pathway to qualification and creating a generation of innovative, adaptable and diverse lawyers.
The University of Law
The University of Law (ULaw) is one of the UK's longest-established specialist providers of legal education, with a rich heritage and reputation for innovation. ULaw boasts over 250 tutors who are qualified lawyers and bring their extensive practical experience to the classroom, as well as a track record in impressive employment and pupillage rates.
The College of Legal Practice
We are a fully accredited postgraduate law school based in the UK. We offer highly flexible legal training programmes at competitive prices. We collaborate closely with organisations to build SQE training programmes that work for you, grounded in practical learning and specific to the competencies that matter for your future solicitors. Established in 2019, The College of Legal Practice formed as a wholly-owned UK subsidiary of The College of Law in Australia; a not-for-profit provider and market leader with over 50 years of experience in legal education and training.