Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 Archives - Legal Cheek

Profession prepares for big changes in training of lawyers

Scrapping of LPC, shift to apprenticeships and focus on tech prompt enthusiasm and anxiety in equal measure
May 31 2019 11:15am
2020s is the decade of legal change, says Richard Susskind

Exclusive interview: AI and online courts will flourish and replace ‘old ways of working’
May 23 2019 8:33am
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Telling lawyers to ‘toughen up’ isn’t the answer

PJ Kirby QC, joint head of Hardwicke, speaks to Legal Cheek ahead of his appearance this afternoon at The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
May 22 2019 12:07pm
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What it’s like to lead one of the UK’s first teaching law firms

Laura Pinkney, head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre, chats to Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain
May 21 2019 11:05am
Why the SQE won’t change Russell Group law degrees

Ken Oliphant, head of Bristol University Law School, explains why he foresees only tweaks around the edges to the traditional LLB
May 20 2019 11:28am
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‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’

Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract
May 16 2019 11:42am

Profession gears up for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Richard Susskind and Julie Brannan lead high profile speaker roster for next Wednesday’s event at Kings Place London
May 15 2019 12:06pm
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‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’

Cornerstones Barristers’ Andrew Lane reflects on his career to date and how barrister training should evolve to adequately prepare the next generation of advocates
May 13 2019 2:50pm
From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure

Mary Bonsor, co-founder and CEO of F-LEX, chats to Legal Cheek ahead of her appearance at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 on 22 May
May 10 2019 12:31pm
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The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future

LexisNexis director, Dani McCormick, talks about her path from a career in advertising to law to legal tech, and how different law might be in the future
May 9 2019 3:40pm
Richard Susskind to deliver keynote speech at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Keynote speaker announced for Legal Cheek‘s 22 May event
May 8 2019 8:49am
Three more high profile speakers announced for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Hardwicke’s PJ Kirby QC, Brighton Uni LLB lead Zoe Swan and Frances Bennett, pioneer of Burges Salmon’s legal apprenticeships scheme, to appear at Kings Place London on 22 May
May 2 2019 12:18pm

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The SQE and the challenges ahead

ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam
May 1 2019 10:00am
How do we tackle the legal profession’s mental health problem?

Many lawyers appear to be ‘surviving but not thriving’, says Newcastle University’s Professor Richard Collier
Apr 29 2019 9:16am
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How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation

Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead
Apr 23 2019 1:37pm
Last chance to buy first release tickets for Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Only five weeks to go until day-long event at Kings Place London on 22 May
Apr 17 2019 11:36am
Why I went public with my mental health struggles

Freshfields lawyer Lloyd Rees on the reaction to his blog, the road to recovery and raising awareness
Apr 16 2019 10:10am
How my disability sparked my entrepreneurial spirit

Yasmin Sheikh on her transition from City lawyer to diversity advocate
Apr 11 2019 10:31am

LexisNexis director of solutions, Norton Rose Fulbright innovation manager and Manchester Uni academic latest speakers at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Sector thought leaders to discuss cross-disciplinary skills at 22 May event
Apr 10 2019 10:40am
Six bar big hitters to speak at Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

Dedicated barrister session to feature practitioners from Hardwicke and Cornerstone, alongside BPTC heads, academics and Inns’ director
Apr 3 2019 12:25pm
Head of Nottingham Law School teaching law firm to join other top non-Russell Group academics at expanded Future of Legal Education and Training Conference

New session on clinical legal education to also feature universities Swansea and Northumbria, and leading apprenticeships provider
Mar 28 2019 8:45am