The legal industry is changing fast—and so are the skills law firms need to stay ahead. Based on input from our clients and the pace of innovation across practice areas, SkillBurst, a BARBRI company, is continuously creating new training modules that deliver practical, future-ready learning. 

Williams Parker has built a well-received and highly respected professional development program by pairing partner-led moderated discussions with SkillBurst’s Professional Essentials online training modules.

As part of BARBRI’s mission to empower every step of the legal learning journey, we are pleased to announce the launch of our latest series, which is aimed at helping new legal professionals broaden their skills and position themselves for success from the very start of their law firm careers.

As law firm attorneys and staff know, the legal profession can take a toll on mental and physical well-being, and many feel the need to sacrifice their personal lives in the flurry of clocking billable hours, responding to clients as quickly as possible, and juggling stressful situations. It can be difficult to focus on personal, as well as professional, growth.

DALLAS — May 2, 2025 — BARBRI, a global leader in legal education, today announced the launch of its BARBRI Professional Education Advisory Board, a pioneering initiative dedicated to shaping the future of legal skills training for lawyers and legal professionals. Led by a renowned team of industry experts, this initiative will anticipate and address emerging challenges in legal education, equipping professionals and the people tasked with providing the resources to develop their careers with access to essential skills for the modern legal environment.

The traditional apprenticeship model in law firms is rapidly failing to meet the needs of modern associates, as inadequate and outdated training methods leave young lawyers underprepared, dissatisfied, and disengaged, highlighting an urgent need for firms to adopt structured, tech-savvy, and intentional development programs to retain talent and ensure long-term success.

Nearly six months ago, we announced that SkillBurst had been acquired by BARBRI. Since then, many of you have asked, "Why BARBRI? Isn't BARBRI focused on preparing law students for the bar exam?"

Being an exceptional lawyer at your firm or practice area is not always enough to develop business at the rate you or your partners would like—in fact, exceptional legal skills are just the beginning. Making it rain takes special and specific skills. But most lawyers went to law school, not business school. So, how can lawyers enhance or even learn the skills to develop business?

Education doesn’t stop for lawyers after passing the bar. In addition to meeting mandatory continuing education requirements and staying compliant with national and state rules and opinions, lawyers must keep their professional skills polished and up to date if they want to advance their careers and develop and maintain client relationships–and what lawyer doesn’t want to do that?

SkillBurst Interactive, the world’s premier leader in digital learning for law firms and their clients, is proud to announce the release of the 20th and final eLearning module in its highly acclaimed series, Generative AI Fundamentals for Law Firms. This significant milestone arrives as the American Bar Association introduces Formal Opinion 512, reinforcing the ethical requirement for US lawyers to “keep up” with generative AI technologies.

On-demand training can be an efficient and cost-effective way of meeting recurring compliance training requirements - if the training is effective and is more than a check-the-box exercise. What should you look for in on-demand training? Here are 12 questions to consider to choose the solution that’s right for you.

Law firms have always found it challenging to deliver value-added professional development for lawyers that they actually use.

Since our inception, SkillBurst has worked to solve the first issue by developing digital legal professional development courses that deliver brief, interactive training modules law firms can seamlessly customize to fit their needs.

And now, we’re streamlining the process of deciding what courses to offer or take (and in what order).