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

Professor Richard Susskind

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

Professor Ken Oliphant

Professor Ken Oliphant

Head of the University of Bristol Law School

Jonathan Kewley

Jonathan Kewley

Co-head of Clifford Chance's tech practice

Professor Richard Collier

Professor Richard Collier

Professor of law and social theory at Newcastle University

Julie Brannan

Julie Brannan

Director of education and training at the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Jessica Burdon

Jessica Burdon

Innovation consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dana Denis-Smith

Dana Denis-Smith

Founder of First 100 Years and legal flexible working platform Obelisk Support

Patrick McCann

Patrick McCann

Global head of learning at Linklaters

Lloyd Rees

Lloyd Rees

Knowledge lawyer at Freshfields; mental health blogger

Kayleigh Leonie

Kayleigh Leonie

Junior Lawyers Division committee member

Elizabeth Rimmer

Elizabeth Rimmer

CEO of LawCare

Morette Jackson

Morette Jackson

Director of business development at The University of Law

Adam Curphey

Adam Curphey

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

Yasmin Sheikh

Yasmin Sheikh

Founder of Diverse Matters

Mary Bonsor

Mary Bonsor

Co-founder and CEO of F-LEX

Laura Pinkney

Laura Pinkney

Head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre

Professor Richard Owen

Professor Richard Owen

Director of Swansea University’s student-run Law Clinic

Victoria Roper

Victoria Roper

Senior lecturer at Northumbria University

Deveral Capps

Deveral Capps

Dean of Leeds Beckett University Law School

Ebony Alleyne

Ebony Alleyne

Commercial barrister at Hardwicke

Andrew Lane

Andrew Lane

Public law barrister at Cornerstone

Jacqueline Cheltenham

Jacqueline Cheltenham

National director of The University of Law’s BPTC

James Wakefield

James Wakefield

Dean of the Inns of Court College of Advocacy

Mark Keith

Mark Keith

BPTC design lead at BPP University Law School

Dani McCormick

Dani McCormick

Director of solutions at LexisNexis

John Haskell

John Haskell

Senior lecturer in law at the University of Manchester

PJ Kirby QC

PJ Kirby QC

Joint head of chambers at Hardwicke

Richard Seabrook

Richard Seabrook

Managing director for Europe at Neota Logic

Zoe Swan

Zoe Swan

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

Frances Bennett

Frances Bennett

Burges Salmon's resource manager

Kieran Pender

Kieran Pender

Legal advisor at the International Bar Association