Colleges form an integral part of the education system, be they further education colleges, sixth form colleges or independent specialist colleges.

The diverse further education sector can present complex challenges. Successful colleges have found that experienced legal advice from specialists who truly understand the further education and sixth form sector can ease some of the regulatory burden.

Birkett Long is a well-recognised highly-ranked law firm with decades of experience in education law. For many years we have acted for all types of educational institutions, including further education colleges, sixth form colleges and special education colleges.

Our education team also contains experts in all the legal areas that are likely to be relevant to you, and we have access to a full range of other specialisms within our firm. Alongside education law we can help you with employment law, property and construction, human resources, health and safety, regulatory matters, commercial law, corporate law and dispute resolution. At Birkett Long our lawyers are specialists and each one is dedicated to providing the best service for their clients.  

We are always looking for ways to support our clients and try hard to put ourselves in your shoes. Importantly, we know that you need to balance finance, governance and regulation, while prioritising your commitment to your students - and we realise the challenges that can bring.

We aim to relieve some of that pressure by providing cost-effective ways for education institutions to achieve best practice in the sector and by providing practical and effective solutions to your legal and HR requirements. Our fixed fee retainers include:

• BL Education legal retainer
• BL Education employment law & HR retainer
• BL Education data protection support retainer
• BL Education company secretarial retainer

The education team at Birkett Long provides a proactive and responsive service. We give practical, commercial, well thought through advice based on experts, and we don't sit on the fence! If you would like to talk to us about how we can help, please contact Thomas Emmett, Head of Education, on 01245 453847 or email thomas.emmett@birkettlong.co.uk.