The Future LawyerThe must-have skills to win clients

The Future Lawyer Programme

Become the lawyer
they seek out.

The commercial skills to win clients. Taught by a practitioner. Proven by your own evidence. Choose your path.

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For law students

Learning the law.
Ready to build a legal career?

Learn how law firms work and how lawyers earn trust, then prove it. LLB, LLM, SQE and LPC students welcome; no law-firm experience required.

  • Client ManualYour own guide to winning clients, built session by session.
  • Skills RecordEight skills, logged, evidenced and verified for applications and interviews.
  • The HubYour login for every session's notes, materials and templates.
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For universities and institutions

Employability
you can measure.

A ten-session, on-site programme that gives your law students commercial capability, and gives you evidence for your OfS and TEF reporting.

  • Ten on-site sessionsOne a week across the semester, for a cohort of up to 25.
  • Learning gain measuredAt sessions 1, 5 and 10, across eight defined skills.
  • A TEF-ready cohort reportWithin two weeks of the final session.
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35%revenue growth
40%client retention increase
30%client satisfaction uplift

Achieved over 15 years leading business development and marketing inside a regulated London law firm.

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About Rifat

Rifat Sheikh.

Former co-founder and Head of Business Development & Marketing of a regulated London law firm for 15 years. Founder of REACH LAW. A practitioner educator teaching the commercial engine of legal practice.

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