Please note: this event has now been postponed to 26th April 2022. 

 

Abstract

As legal practice and client needs evolve, the knowledge and skill set required of solicitors at different career stages has also continued to develop, with newer, more diverse, and multi-disciplinary knowledge, skills and attributes emerging in addition to traditional core ones. For the next talk in the King's Professional Law Institute 2022 Future of Legal Practice open lecture series, we are bringing together a panel of King's alumni (both Law and non-Law) at different stages of their careers as solicitors to discuss key insights​ and practical advice for those seeking to progress their own careers in modern legal practice. Our King's alumni are Laura Willers (now a Senior Project Associate with Simmons & Simmons), Jonathan Andrews (now an Associate with Reed Smith), Suha Alwan (now a Trainee Solicitor at Baker McKenzie) and Bernie Rivard (our most recent graduate who is currently concluding his LPC before starting his training contract at Travers Smith).

 

The Series

The Professional Law Institute at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London is proud and delighted to be hosting a new lecture series on ‘The Future of Legal Practice’.

The way we practice law is changing. Business needs are evolving rapidly. In a globalised and strongly competitive market, clients require lawyers with a deep understanding of the way they operate. They need creative and dedicated lawyers who know how to harness the law, their skillsets and, increasingly, technology to make their business thrive. This is a call for us to rethink the nature of legal services - to be imaginative. What will our clients, now and in the next decades, require from us as (aspiring) legal professionals? How can we best learn to fully understand our clients' needs and help them navigate the law in a way that makes most sense for them? And how do we legal professionals thrive and meet individual and systemic challenges in this ever-changing world?

To explore these and other related questions with us, the Professional Law Institute is inviting students, academics, practitioners, and members of the public with an interest in the subject to attend our lecture series: The Future of Legal Practice.