Global Legal Professional Core
Legal systems, contract doctrine, business finance, evidence, professional drafting and accountable AI: six applied units.
- 6 units
- 60 planned study hours
- Free pilot
Online legal education
Learn the law.
Put it to work.
Legal foundations, commercial practice and responsible AI for Africa’s legal minds. Build your knowledge through focused study and practical work.
- Self-paced study
- Practical coursework
- Free pilot courses
- Open guides need no sign-in
Professional legal study
Choose your course.
Choose a starting point. See each course’s scope, workload and practical focus.
Commercial Contracts & Legal Operations
Scope, pricing, risk allocation, IP, privacy, negotiation and contract operations, with the connected Project Lantern capstone.
- 18 units
- 180 planned study hours
- Free pilot
Corporate Transactions, M&A & Private Capital
Ownership, diligence, acquisition terms, venture economics, finance and controlled closing, with the Project Meridian capstone.
- 18 units
- 180 planned study hours
- Free pilot
AI Fluency for Legal Work
A beginner-friendly introduction to prompting, document work, source checks, reusable skills and connected tools.
- 10 units
- 8 planned study hours
- Free pilot
Pilot edition. Study hours include reading, practice and reflection, not hours of video. What to know before you begin
The curriculum
Your learning
path, explained.
The professional core is shared. From there, choose a specialist pathway and put your learning to work in a connected client matter.
Begin with the coreAn England-and-Wales legal baseline, with separately labelled international comparisons.
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Build your foundation
6 units · 60 study hours*Develop a shared toolkit for sound professional judgment.
- Legal systems & reasoning
- Contract doctrine
- Business finance
- Evidence & research
- Professional drafting
- Accountable AI
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Choose your specialism
2 learning pathsEach path connects the core to specialist study and a capstone.
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Bring it together in practice
Included in your pathwayWork through a fictional client matter: Project Lantern for contracts, or Project Meridian for transactions. Build, review and explain your work.
*Each complete pathway has a proposed 24-week, 240-hour study plan, including the core, specialist units and capstone. Adjust the pace to your needs.
Practical guides
For the task
in front of you.
Step-by-step legal how-tos, worked examples and editable templates. Read a guide when you need it. No account or enrolment required.
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Disputes / Featured guide
How to build a case chronology from emails and documents
Turn a folder of emails and documents into a checkable timeline. Keep the sources close, the wording neutral, and the uncertainties visible.
Read the guideAI-generated editorial image · Fictional scene
The Esheria approach
Understanding comes
from doing.
We build tools that make legal knowledge useful. Our academy brings that same thinking to education: careful reading, applied work and the habit of checking your reasoning.
About Esheria (opens in a new tab)Study the source
Build understanding with structured notes, selected legal sources and worked examples that show the reasoning.
Work through the problem
Apply what you learn to drafting, analysis and commercial decisions. Practise with fictional matters, not client data.
Use feedback to improve
Compare your attempt with guided feedback, question your assumptions and make a considered correction.
Before you begin
Explore the
study materials.
Read the course notes, plan your study and try the supporting workbooks. No sign-in required.
AI basicsAI Fluency for Legal WorkBeginner lessons, simulations and an editable workbook · HTML
ReaderThe professional coreStudy notes, worked examples and practice · PDF (opens in a new tab)
HandbookThe learner handbookStudy, preparation and getting support · PDF
WorkbookBusiness finance in practiceSix worked spreadsheet models · XLSX
A few useful answers
Is this right for you?
Who are the courses for?
New to AI? AI Fluency for Legal Work is for lawyers and legal teams, with no AI experience or coding required. You can take it on its own.
The professional pathways are for law students, graduates and legal professionals developing their commercial and professional skills. Prior legal study or equivalent preparation is recommended for specialist work. Start those pathways with the professional core and its practical readiness check.
The core supports your development; it does not replace a first law degree.
How much time should I set aside?
AI Fluency has eight planned learner hours, including orientation and final practice. Spread it over roughly four weeks or take longer if you need.
The core has 60 planned study hours. Each specialist course, including its capstone, has 180. Together, a pathway has a proposed 24-week, 240-hour plan.
These are estimates for reading, practice, feedback and reflection—not recorded video. Study at your own pace and allow more time where you need it.
How do I get started?
Browse a course or open a public reader to see what you will study. The current pilot courses are free.
Create an account with your email, verify your inbox and set a password. Already registered? Sign in to save your learning progress.
A padlock means an account is needed for coursework and saved progress. The practical guides and public readers remain open to everyone.
Which legal systems will I study?
The professional pathways use an England and Wales baseline. New York, Delaware and US venture comparisons are separately labelled, as is the Kenyan data-protection lab. The courses ask you to identify what needs checking before applying a principle in another jurisdiction.
AI Fluency teaches portable working methods. Its jurisdiction-specific references are labelled separately and do not establish a universal legal rule.
Is this an accredited qualification?
No. This is an editorial learning pilot, not a degree, accredited CPD/CLE programme or practising qualification. Assessed awards and automatic certificates are not active.
Jurisdiction-qualified review, assessment calibration and learner trials remain outstanding. Coursework uses fictional matters and is not legal advice.