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Bevan Brittan is an award-winning UK-Top 100 national law firm. We offer an exception team of specialist Higher Education lawyers, including 14+ partners and 40+ lawyers. We work with universities and higher education institutions, including members of the internationally renowned Russell Group as well as dynamic new universities and colleges. Many of our team have joined from in-house positions, which enables us to provide well informed, pragmatic legal solutions, whilst delivering excellent value for money. Find out more here
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm, with more than 1100 people based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. Our Education Team comprises experienced lawyers with specialist knowledge of the Higher Education sector. We provide a comprehensive range of services to higher education institutions across the UK, including employment; immigration; student issues and education disputes; charity law advice, governance, regulatory and compliance; regulatory and criminal defence, construction; property and estates; commercial, data protection and IP; and debt recovery. birketts.co.uk/sector/further-higher-education/
Brodies LLP is a leading UK law firm, and the largest law firm headquartered in Scotland measured by income, directory rankings, and lawyer numbers. Our firm has more than 900 people working across our offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Inverness. We have over 400 lawyers, many of whom are dual qualified in Scots and English Law, and we have more leading individuals, recognised by the independent legal directories, than any other firm in Scotland.
CMS are a full-service law firm with global reach and a go-to firm for complex, novel and high value commercial and research contracts as well as more straightforward arrangements where the breadth of our team’s experience is invaluable. We provide advice on a vast array of matters for university clients, including construction/ real estate, employment, IP commercialisation, constitutional/charity law, and general commercial.
DACB is an international law firm providing a range of advisory, regulatory and litigation services to the education sector. We work in collaborative and flexible teams, bespoke to each client, providing insightful and pro-active advice to schools, colleges, universities and associated organisations.
Doyle Clayton is the UK's leading workplace law and advisory firm. We deal with all legal issues relating to people in the workplace, from employment law to business immigration, from pensions to other corporate employment services including incentives. We also provide corporate and commercial law services in the startup and SME sector. We're highly rated in both Chambers and The Legal, and provide advice across the UK, including Scotland.
Farrer & Co is synonymous with the highest quality legal advice and service. We guide clients through their most turbulent moments, helping them to deal with what matters most to them and anticipate what lies ahead.
We work alongside higher education institutions through major strategic projects, complex governance and constitutional changes, and sensitive safeguarding and employment issues. Our close relationships with some of the world’s leading universities, research institutes, and business schools give us insight into the evolving pressures on the sector and deep knowledge to draw upon when seeking the right solution for you.
Freeths has 1,200+ freethinking colleagues all working together to make the future better for our people, planet, clients and communities. We are a big firm, without the attitude. We get our momentum from our guiding values – smart, bold, together.
Whatever your legal needs, our wide ranging expertise is here to support you and your organisation. Our innovative approach allows us to offer creative solutions, with a focus on understanding your needs.
Iken is a trusted UK-based provider of legal, case and knowledge management software.
As case management specialists, our technology helps customers streamline processes, demonstrate value, share information securely, and build resilient working practices—ultimately enhancing productivity. We support a wide variety of teams, including Legal Services, HR, Information Governance, Trading Standards, Property & Estates, and Social Care.
Iken Cloud enables collaborative and remote working environments, helping you manage your cases more effectively.
LawCare is the mental health charity for the legal sector, offering free, confidential, emotional support to people working in law. LawCare also advocates for improvements in mental health practices within legal workplaces.
LawVu is the legal workspace that helps in-house legal teams do their best work, faster. With everything in one place, teams can see exactly what needs to be done, collaborate with stakeholders as needed, and get time back to take on a more strategic role in their business.
Accelerated by AI, the legal workspace provides a unified suite of productivity and collaboration tools including matter and contract management, knowledge and documents, intake and self-service, spend management, as well as reporting. With everything you need, when you need it, it scales with your business needs.
LexisNexis is one of the world’s leading providers of legal content and technology. Our legal intelligence is used and trusted by legal professionals all around the world. LexisNexis continues to find ways to help academic in-house lawyers work more productively, navigate complex regulations and provide timely advice to the university leadership team. With our latest tool, Lexis+ AI, we have created a generative AI solution that’s set to reshape legal work in the UK through conversational search, drafting, summarisation, document analysis and linked hallucination-free citations.
Lexis+ AI is the essential legal AI solution, empowering university legal teams with faster, smarter legal insights.
Mills & Reeve LLP
The education sector is part of our DNA. Our education team is a trusted partner to over 100 institutions, offering deep expertise across a full range of matters. We’ve led on landmark university mergers, supported international campus launches and advised on sector-first financing structures. Clients value our collaborative approach, sector insight and ability to navigate sensitive, high-stakes issues—from student matters to restructuring. We offer market-leading expertise, a commitment to excellent client service and a deep understanding of the sector. We understand the pressures facing university legal teams and provide responsive, strategic support where it matters most.
Pinsent Masons has one of the most established Higher Education legal teams in the UK and a long-standing national reputation for providing market leading advice to the university and private higher education sector, which has been built up over more than 20 years. They are trusted advisers to over 70 Higher Education providers and are ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 and Chambers.
Sellick Partnership is a market-leading specialist within legal recruitment. Our experienced team of 41 dedicated Consultants and Compliance staff offer a complete nationwide legal recruitment service and are highly experienced in placing high-calibre locum, contract and permanent legal candidates.
For over 20 years we have worked hard to establish a wide network of legal professionals across a broad range of legal specialisms and are confident recruiting at all levels, from Paralegal and Legal Assistant jobs right through to Legal Director, Head of Legal and General Counsel positions.
Visit our website to find out more: www.sellickpartnership.co.uk
In a highly regulated and politicised sector, we can truly offer full-service advice. We have built a high profile in the Higher Education sector, working closely with sector bodies on key sector issues and being actively involved in helping to shape the “universities of the future” through thought leadership and through our presence on and contribution to sector commissions, such as the Higher Education Commission and the Skills Commission.
Venn Group has provided interim and permanent recruitment solutions across the UK for over 20 years. Our specialist nationwide legal team represent a comprehensive range of professionals from dedicated Legal Assistants, expert Lawyers, and Heads of Legal.
We partner with Universities to deliver tailored recruitment solutions and share the responsibility of your recruitment campaign. Whether you're looking for someone to fill a short-term gap, work on a specific project, or find a permanent team member, our goal is simple: to match the right person to the right job.
We are looking forward to re-connecting with AULP members to discuss the challenges arising in the increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape of this sector.
From FTSE-100 companies to family-owned businesses, we’re proud to support clients across the UK and beyond.
With our depth of expertise and forward-thinking approach, we help you see the possibility and tackle any legal challenge with clarity and care.
We believe in the power of people, innovation and partnership to provide strategic business insight and deep expertise to a range of private companies, public sector organisations and individuals.
