Kennedys
Head of Legal Learning
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Head of Legal Learning
The Head of Legal Learning will be responsible for designing, leading and delivering Kennedys' global legal learning strategy for technical black-letter-law, with a strong emphasis on legal excellence, practice specific capability, and client relevant training.
This is a senior, hands on leadership role, combining strategic ownership of the firm's training framework for technical law with select delivery, including externally facing legal training for clients. The role will work closely with the HR Learning & Development team leading on professional skills training strategy, partners, practice leaders, Knowledge Lawyers and the wider Practice Innovation & Knowledge Solutions function to ensure learning is practice led, high quality and commercially aligned.
Team
Practice Innovation and Knowledge Solutions Team is comprised of Knowledge Lawyers, Knowledge Managers, Knowledge Advisors, Information Services professionals, and Knowledge Assistants.
Key Responsibilities
Technical law learning strategy
Develop and own a coherent, firm wide technical legal learning and training strategy, aligned to Kennedys' practice priorities, sector focus and growth ambitions Define clear legal learning pathways across career stages (trainees, associates, senior associates, counsel and partners), with specific focus on technical legal capability. Ensure the strategy balances formal learning, practice embedded learning, and on the job development, reflecting how lawyers learn.
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Technical law training & curriculum design
Lead the design of high quality technical legal training programmes, working in close partnership with HR L&D, practice groups and Knowledge Lawyers. Ensure technical legal training content is current, jurisdiction aware and commercially grounded, rather than generic or compliance led. Oversee technical legal training linked to key “moments that matter” in a lawyer's career (eg qualification, progression to senior associate, transition to partner, and joining Kennedys).
Delivery (internal and external)
Personally deliver selected high impact legal training, including flagship internal programmes and client facing training sessions. Collaborate with BD, client teams and HR to develop client relevant legal training propositions, positioning Kennedys as a thought leader. Support the development of SME capability to deliver effective learning.
Governance, quality and evaluation
Establish clear quality standards for legal training design and delivery. Use feedback, engagement data and qualitative insight to continuously improve learning effectiveness. Ensure legal training supports regulatory and professional obligations while remaining focused on capability rather than compliance alone.
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Required Experience
Qualified lawyer, 6 years PQE with proven experience in designing, delivering and leading technical legal training strategy, or senior legal learning professional with deep experience of technical legal training, in a leading law firm. Strong credibility with partners and senior lawyers; able to operate confidently at leadership level. Experience delivering high quality legal training, ideally including client facing programmes. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a small, expert team. Experience in an international or top tier firm, desirable. Familiarity with sector led or client embedded training models, desirable. Experience integrating digital and blended learning approaches into legal training, desirable
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*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.
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