Learning Lounge

Bringing the Warwickshire legal community together through accessible learning, practical insight and meaningful conversation.

Professional learning and discussion for the Warwickshire legal community.

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What is the Learning Lounge?

The Learning Lounge is a growing programme of webinars, discussions and professional learning sessions designed for the Warwickshire legal community.

Sessions explore legal developments, wellbeing, leadership, innovation, access to justice and wider issues affecting the profession and the communities we serve.

Delivered in collaboration with firms, professionals and partner organisations, the Learning Lounge creates an inclusive space to learn, connect and share ideas.

What to expect

Legal Updates

Professional Development

Wellbeing & Leadership

Community Discussion

Practical, accessible sessions designed for professionals across the legal sector.

  • 📅 Tuesday 15 September 2026
    🕐 1:00pm – 2:00pm
    💻 Microsoft Teams

    Speaker: Mario Barba, Creative Director, Barba Creative

    Long before a prospective client picks up the phone or walks through your door, they've already started forming an opinion about your firm.

    Join Mario Barba from Barba Creative for this engaging Learning Lounge session exploring how positioning, visual psychology and first impressions influence a client's decision to instruct a law firm. Drawing on behavioural psychology and years of branding and marketing experience, Mario will share practical insights to help legal professionals build trust, strengthen their firm's presence and create a client journey that inspires confidence from the very first interaction.

    Topics covered:

    • How first impressions influence client decision-making

    • The psychology behind trust and credibility

    • Positioning your firm in a competitive market

    • Creating a stronger client journey before the first meeting

    • Practical ways to improve communication and engagement

    • Audience Q&A

  • 📅 Wednesday 23 September 2026
    🕐 1:00pm – 2:00pm
    💻 Microsoft Teams

    Speaker: Communicourt

    Effective communication is fundamental to ensuring that everyone can participate fairly in legal proceedings. Join Communicourt for this informative Learning Lounge session exploring how communication specialists support vulnerable individuals throughout the justice system.

    Communicourt works on behalf of HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), providing intermediary services to individuals with communication differences or difficulties that may affect their ability to understand, engage with, or participate effectively in legal proceedings. Where appropriate, these services are available at no cost to legal representatives or their clients.

    Topics covered:

    • The role of a Communicourt intermediary

    • Identifying clients who may benefit from communication support

    • How intermediary services improve participation in legal proceedings

    • When and how to make a referral

    • The support available through HMCTS

    • Audience Q&A

    Ideal for:

    Solicitors, barristers, legal executives, paralegals, trainee solicitors, court users, and anyone working with vulnerable clients or individuals who may require communication support within the justice system.

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Learning Lounge Member Library

Warwickshire Law Society members can access recordings of previous Learning Lounge webinars, together with presentation slides and supporting resources, through our exclusive Member Library.

Whether you want to revisit a topic or catch up on a session you couldn't attend, our growing library makes it easy to learn at a time that suits you.

Exclusive to Warwickshire Law Society members.

Coming soon...

New recordings added throughout the year.

Topics include

Legal Apprenticeships

Mental Health & Wellbeing

Mediation & ADR

AI & Legal Technology

Leadership & Development

Access to Justice

Client Care

Professional Skills

Open to the wider legal community

The Learning Lounge welcomes solicitors, trainees, paralegals, legal support professionals, students, chambers, in-house teams and those working alongside the legal sector.

Working with professionals across the sector

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