Legal Life Skills Development
Power your career with our range of short courses and masterclasses that help you develop the skills needed to be effective and successful in legal life
Professional Development Skills Courses
Legal professionals of all kinds need soft skills that complement their technical knowledge. Our range of short courses and masterclasses for early legal professionals are packed with essential skills to help you excel both personally and professionally. From mastering client communication to collaborating effortlessly with colleagues and sharpening your business development strategies, these online, on-demand courses ensure you are equipped with the softer skills needed to be an effective legal professional from day one.
Essential Skills for Success
Aim higher with courses and masterclasses for the legal professional, whether you're a junior or mid-level solicitor, paralegal, trainee, or aspiring solicitor.
Flexible Study for Busy Professionals
Our online courses are available on demand and take only a few hours to complete. The live masterclasses follow a 90-minute format.
Quality Course Materials
Course resources include video lectures, online workbooks, and interactive exercises created by our expert faculty with decades of legal education experience.
Course + Masterclass Topics
Advocacy Skills
from £89
Course: Settling a Dispute
Course: Trial Strategy
Masterclass: Keeping Disputes Out of Court
Masterclass: Handling Expert Witnesses
Business Skills
from £89
Course: Business Development
Masterclass: Commercial Savviness
Course: Drafting: Effective Commercial Contracts
Masterclass: Drafting Tips for Tomorrow's Lawyers
Communication Skills
from £89
Course: What You Say and How You Say It
Masterclass: Presenting
Course: Business Writing: Engaging the Reader
Masterclass: Report Writing
Course: Negotiation: Approach and Style
Masterclass: Reading the Room
Course: Negotiation: Closing the Deal
Masterclass: Confidence through Self-Awareness
Management Skills
from £89
Course: Time, Stress and Teamwork
Course: Project Management
Masterclass: Beating Imposter Syndrome
Masterclass: Embracing Innovation in Project Management
Download Our Professional Skills Brochure
Download our brochure to see how this series of courses and masterclasses can help you get practice-ready and succeed in your role.
Download BrochureEndorsed by NALP
The National Association for Licensed Paralegals (NALP) has reviewed and endorsed our Legal Life Skills courses and masterclasses. The endorsement is a testament to the high quality of our courses and the value they bring to the careers and professional development of paralegals and other legal professionals.
Why Choose BARBRI for Legal Life Skills?
We support over 250 law firms, from the Magic Circle to small and medium-sized law firms, across the UK and further afield, with tailored legal education. We use this experience to share insights and ideas with our clients, and to stay up to date with the skills teams like yours require to stay ahead in today's landscape. Our flexible, accessible and dynamic approach to learning, along with 50 years of experience, make BARBRI your partner of choice for legal education.
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Team Training for Your Firm
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The program has a very good theoretical foundation but with more emphasis on practical application. As a full-time lawyer with multiple commitments, I appreciated how digestible, yet very substantial, the modules were. And they were fun to do! Aside from the program’s practical and professional value, it was a journey of self-discovery where I recognized and acknowledged certain personality traits, and even biases, that form part of my negotiation style and tactic. I have recalibrated and enhanced my negotiation skills and, I have heightened my understanding of other people, especially in negotiation settings.