Legalcheek iconLegalcheekOct 2, 2026 ~3 min source read

King’s, City Law School and BPP add Legora AI for teaching and pro bono work

Three leading UK law schools will give students access to Legora, a legal AI platform already used by firms and several US law schools; universities plan classroom training and use in student pro bono clinics amid regulator warnings about generative AI.

Leading UK law schools adopt Legora AI

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King’s College London, The City Law School and BPP have partnered with Legora to provide students access to the platform for legal training and clinic work.

Universities will use Legora for research, review and drafting in pro bono clinics and to teach practical AI skills for modern legal practice.

Legora already works with nine US law schools, including Stanford, Northwestern and the University of Chicago.

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To get the best experience please visit the Browse Happy site to download a better browser. In August, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) issued a formal warning notice about the use of generative AIs like Legora, reminding solicitors that they remain responsible for their own work. Professor Dan Hunter, executive dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London commented: "AI is transforming the legal profession and our students have to learn how to navigate these changes.

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  • I'm proud to work with Legora and thrilled that our student clinics are now able to use Legora to aid those most in need of legal services.
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  • The AI will be used to assist in research, review, and drafting.

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Posts News Leading UK law schools adopt Legora AI By Legal Cheek on Oct 2 2026 9:56am Pro bono clinics King's College London, the City Law School, and BPP have become the first UK law schools to collaborate with Legora, the legal AI tool. Legora has previously partnered with nine US law schools, including Stanford, Northwestern and the University of Chicago, and the UK law schools are some of the first outside the USA to incorporate the program into their educational offering. Legora commented on the warning in their press release on the new collaboration, saying "For law schools, AI literacy is becoming less elective and more of a professional obligation." For BPP, the focus will be on teaching students to use AI effectively for professional legal practice.

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