Our 2026/27 Sponsors

The Commercial Law Academy is a comprehensive e-learning platform for aspiring commercial lawyers, complete with hundreds of videos and articles, practical tips, interactive quizzes, insider insights, flow charts, downloadable e-guides and exclusive guidance from industry experts and qualified lawyers.

Clifford Chance is one of the world’s leading

law firms, with legal resources across the key

markets of the Americas, Asia Pacific,

Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Their ambition is to become the leader of the

elite group of international law firms that

they believe will emerge in the coming years.

Clifford Chance aims to be the law firm

of choice for all of our clients, working

alongside them to achieve their goals and

helping them to compete more successfully

in their local markets and around the world.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer  is arguably the most prestigious UK-headquartered law firm outside the magic circle. Indeed, its elite litigation and arbitration practice — which includes an in-house advocacy unit staffed by a host of QCs — is one of the best dispute resolution departments on the planet.

CMS is a law firm with offices in over 50 countries that provides clients with advice in a wide range of law and tax matters. They help clients prepare for the world of tomorrow with legal advice grounded in industry knowledge, local market expertise, and a global perspective.

BPP is one of the UK's leading Universities dedicated to business and the professions.

They specialise in accounting and finance, law, health and business and management degrees – combined with a real professional focus that prepares you to impress employers as much as qualify – as well as being more affordable and more flexible.

Whether you study law, accountancy, business or health, you'll find we concentrate as much on getting you the career you want as on your degree. You'll be taught by industry professionals, benefiting from their experience and our excellent links within the professions. Throughout your degree, they'll make sure you have the skills and advice you need to transform your career prospects and land you the job you want. 

Legal training is stuck in the past. A one-size-fits-all approach to teaching simply doesn’t work. Why? Because everyone is different.

We’re changing the status quo. Designing legal courses around you. Your organisation needs, your personal circumstances, your unique aspirations. We’re helping a more diverse group of individuals access and progress in the legal profession.

Our supervisors are not just passionate about education, they’re also experienced legal practitioners. And they’re just a click away, ready to guide you with one-to-one personal supervision using our flexible online platform.

We’re also more cost-efficient with an ownership model that drives profit back into education. Not investor pockets.

Whether you’re a student looking to take your skills to the next level, or a legal firm searching for training that aligns with your practice, we can provide a tailored solution.

We’re proud to be different. Proud to be driving change.

Welcome to a new era in legal education. Designed for you.

Slaughter and May is regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied international client list.

They have a diverse and extensive international practice providing a full range of legal services. Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate and Commercial and Financing represent our core practice areas. They also have leading practitioners in more specialist areas including Tax, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Commercial Real Estate, Pensions and Employment, Financial Regulation, Information Technology and Intellectual Property.

Their expertise covers the full spectrum of industry sectors to service a diverse range of clients from leading private equity boutiques to investment banks; start-up businesses to governments; retailers to entertainment companies; and diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs.

The University of Law is one of the UK's leading professional law schools, with an unrivalled reputation for innovation and excellence in legal learning. Their first-class global connections mean we're uniquely placed to help aspiring lawyers, legal professionals and legal employers of all types achieve their ambitions.  

DLA Piper is a global law firm delivering seamlessly executed legal solutions across 40+ countries. With an agile mindset, deep industry expertise, and a commitment to innovation. Their bold and dynamic culture means they think big and act decisively.

Research shows the growth of Leeds’ legal sector to have outpaced London, Manchester and Birmingham in recent years, recalling the city’s glory days in the pre-financial crisis era. For one of Leeds’ biggest firms, Walker Morris, the continued expansion of the local market has coincided with the implementation of a strategy that has seen it move almost entirely away from commoditised areas such as personal injury towards high-level corporate and commercial work.

A sleek office, which Walker Morris moved into in the summer of 2019, ties in with this strategy. The “delightful” building, found at the heart of Leeds’ business district and “probably the best” in the city, includes “beautiful” communal spaces, swish meeting pods, an in-house Ts&Cs café, and a scenic outside courtyard area — making it a huge improvement on the firm’s “slightly tired” former gaffe.

Mayer Brown is a leading international law firm that represents major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in complex transactions and disputes.