The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 took place on 22 May 2019 at Kings Place, London. Find out more and secure your tickets for the 2020 Conference here.
At the 2019 Conference there were sessions on entrepreneurship, cross-disciplinary skills and the coming together of law and computer science, the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), education and training at the bar, clinical legal education, mental health, wellbeing & resilience, diversity and a keynote address from Professor Richard Susskind OBE.
In attendance were graduate recruitment and learning & development teams from leading UK and global law firms, legal academics from universities across the country and internationally, and lawyers and others with an interest in legal education and training. You can view the full list of organisations that attended here.
Speakers

Professor Richard Susskind
The preeminent voice on how tech is revolutionising law and legal education

Professor Ken Oliphant
Head of the University of Bristol Law School

Jonathan Kewley
Co-head of Clifford Chance's tech practice

Professor Richard Collier
Professor of law and social theory at Newcastle University

Julie Brannan
Director of education and training at the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Jessica Burdon
Innovation consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dana Denis-Smith
Founder of First 100 Years and legal flexible working platform Obelisk Support

Patrick McCann
Global head of learning at Linklaters

Lloyd Rees
Knowledge lawyer at Freshfields; mental health blogger

Kayleigh Leonie
Junior Lawyers Division committee member

Elizabeth Rimmer
CEO of LawCare

Morette Jackson
Director of business development at The University of Law

Adam Curphey
Head of development (innovation technology) at BPP University Law School

Yasmin Sheikh
Founder of Diverse Matters

Mary Bonsor
Co-founder and CEO of F-LEX

Laura Pinkney
Head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre

Professor Richard Owen
Director of Swansea University’s student-run Law Clinic

Victoria Roper
Senior lecturer at Northumbria University

Deveral Capps
Dean of Leeds Beckett University Law School

Ebony Alleyne
Commercial barrister at Hardwicke

Andrew Lane
Public law barrister at Cornerstone

Jacqueline Cheltenham
National director of The University of Law’s BPTC

James Wakefield
Dean of the Inns of Court College of Advocacy

Mark Keith
BPTC design lead at BPP University Law School

Dani McCormick
Director of solutions at LexisNexis

John Haskell
Senior lecturer in law at the University of Manchester

PJ Kirby QC
Joint head of chambers at Hardwicke

Richard Seabrook
Managing director for Europe at Neota Logic

Zoe Swan
Senior lecturer and undergraduate law course leader at the University of Brighton

Frances Bennett
Burges Salmon's resource manager

Kieran Pender
Legal advisor at the International Bar Association