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Mishcon Academy Learning

Creating industry leading learning experiences that deliver long-lasting change through courses and bespoke learning.

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Retail Academy

Here you can find articles, videos and podcasts on legal issues and upcoming legal reforms relevant to the retail sector, as well as invites to our in-person events.

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Navigating Disputes

Our events are designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in the world of disputes.

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Fundamentals of Law

Fundamentals of Law is our programme for explaining and exploring general legal topics that every lawyer should be familiar with.

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Sports Law Academy

The Sports Law Academy is a free-to-access, academic, distance-learning programme designed for junior lawyers, students and non-legal professionals.

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The role of law

 We explore the role of law in driving the transition to sustainability.

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Bespoke learning

We understand that every business is unique and has its own set of challenges and goals. This is why we offer bespoke learning, which we tailor to your specific needs.

We use a variety of learning techniques, including interactive workshops, role-playing exercises, case studies, and e-learning, to ensure our programmes are memorable and deliver lasting benefits. Our trainers are experts in their fields and are enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge and experience with others.

Whether you are looking to upskill your workforce, improve your compliance procedures or develop your leadership capabilities, we can design a programme to help you achieve your objectives.

Our development process

Based on well-proven methodology, we introduce a learning programme that fits around your needs, progresses at the pace you choose and delivers precisely the outcomes you seek.

1. Understand

We will work closely with you to understand your business, identify your objectives and design a learning programme to meet your specific needs.

2. Develop

We develop a programme for your organisation to meet your desired learning outcomes.

3. Pilot

Depending on your requirements, we pilot the programme with a first cohort and seek active feedback.

4. Refine

We then iterate and refine ready for wider participation.

5. Launch

We launch on the scale you require, constantly working to monitor, refine and iterate to best meet the changing needs of your organisation.

Designed for in-house legal counsel or those who need to know more about the legal aspects of a specific topic. The subject may be outside their specialist area, but nevertheless is likely to have a significant impact on their activities and decision making.

Commercial & Competition Law

Essential guidance on issues that inevitably affect companies across all sectors. These modules provide sound commercial guidance that can help you prevent expensive mistakes, achieve your key objectives and protect your growth. Examples of the topics available include warranties and indemnities, and the impact of competition law on commercial transactions.

Corporate

As committed supporters of organisations that drive the innovation economy, our corporate and business lawyers have amassed a wealth of insights into the processes and requirements that occur throughout your business lifecycle. This knowledge is available via learning programmes dealing with governance, compliance, structuring, taking investment, growing, preparing for sale and more.

Data Protection and Privacy

Rapid developments in technology and the law that governs it ensure that data protection and privacy is a fast-moving, ever-evolving topic. Our learning programmes will help you balance the often-conflicting demands of achieving your business objectives whilst complying with regulations. From ensuring safe international data transfers to responding effectively to a data breach, they address the vital aspects of dealing with data.

Dispute Resolution

Although always best avoided, disputes are an increasingly frequent feature of business life. Our objective approach to resolving them is reflected in the pragmatic content of our learning programmes, which range from arbitration and preparing for a dispute to litigation funding, privilege, investigations protecting against insolvencies and more.

Employment

Employment laws and workplace issues are ever-evolving and frequently contentious. Our learning offering helps you both prevent problems arising in the first place and proactively deal with the resolution of issues that do arise across the employment lifecycle – from ensuring you have well-drafted contracts at the start of the relationship through to dealing with claims when things go wrong, such as allegations of discrimination, bullying or harassment.

Health and Safety

Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations is a demanding responsibility. Our courses address this by being both proactive and reactive. For the former, we offer bespoke health and safety programmes for boards, directors and senior leadership teams. For the latter, our programmes ensure corporates and individuals are well-prepared for interviews conducted by regulators, employers and public bodies.

Intellectual Property

IP is one of a company’s most valuable assets, yet many businesses do not take full advantage of it or do enough to protect or enforce it. Our programmes will help you develop a dynamic, value-led IP strategy, including effectively managing your IP portfolio, protecting your valuable innovation and exploring the full potential of your IP. As well as the more conventional areas of protecting and exploiting its value, we also look at developing opportunities presented by emerging technologies such as AI and the metaverse.

Managing Risk and Enhancing Your Compliance Regime

It is essential your business complies withregulations and can cope with certain risks.To ensure you are informed and prepared, weoffer a range of training that can be deliveredin-house or online, to assess and enhanceyour capabilities in areas such as employmentrelations and regulatory training requirements.

Purpose

Helping to solve the problems of people and planet is a growing imperative, key to creating and sustaining value for all stakeholders in an era marked by political and economic volatility, technology-driven disruption, and the worsening impacts of climate and ecological breakdown. Rooted in the Mishcon Purpose Framework, our learning programmes help leaders to unpack the challenges and opportunities relevant to their organisations, to understand evolving ESG standards and best practices, and to embed purpose in every aspect of culture, strategy and operations.

Real Estate

Securing an advantageous real estate deal requires agile, forward-thinking action, plus a good understanding of the regulatory framework.  We offer training on how real estate is affected by moves to increase corporate transparency and achieve net zero.

Tax and Wealth Planning

Managing an individual and their family’s business, wealth and reputation can be challenging, so to be armed with knowledge that pre-empts and addresses potential issues is valuable reassurance. Our training provides the advice, structure and strategies to help you protect your wealth for future generations, simplify your affairs, safeguard family members and mitigate risks now and for the long term.

 

Topical legal events and seminars

Our regular seminars and events cover a wide range of legal topics that are pertinent to businesses, organisations and individuals. Delivered by acknowledged experts in their respective fields, they provide valuable and up to date information on navigating the law. 

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Industry and sector focused groups

We provide updates and learning programmes for people who share a common interest, whether it’s a business sector or an aspect of law. These events provide helpful learning but also offer frequent networking opportunities.

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Bespoke learning

We understand that every business is unique and has its own set of challenges and goals. This is why we offer bespoke learning, which we tailor to your specific needs.

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Key contacts

Patrick Connolly

Academy Director

Kate Higgins

Partner, Head Knowledge Lawyer (Non-contentious)

Nina O'Sullivan

Partner, Head Knowledge Lawyer (Contentious)

Christian Papworth

Academy Manager - Tech

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