After winning the Simmons & Simmons challenge at the E-Lab LLMxLaw Hackathon 2.0, the Jurispark team visited the firm's London office in December 2025 to demo their AI-powered legal research platform. In this week’s blog read about what they learned about bridging academic innovation and legal practice and about the value of practical insights.

On December 6th, we celebrated the third year of our Entrepreneurship Essay Competition and announced the 2025 Winners at an Awards Ceremony in King’s College. The essay competition serves to foster entrepreneurial mindsets in young students and to encourage them to engage with innovative thinking, this year welcoming over 340 entries from across 247 schools. In this week’s blog, our Senior Associate Rhys Williams explains the value of the competition, the themes of this year’s essay questions, and the strategies employed by our three winners and 17 commended essays.

In 2025, we hosted 96 incredible events, including fireside chats, panels, workshops, expos, and other impactful gatherings. We welcomed pioneering thinkers and leaders from will.i.am to Nobel Prize Laureate Geoff Hinton.

Alongside artists, scientists, Governors, MPs, Nobel Prize winners, ambassadors, policymakers and business leaders we provided the space for nearly 7,000 students, university members and guests to engage with innovators of all kinds.

Read more about a year of new endeavors at the E-Lab, including our highlights, activities, celebrations and much more in this piece.