10 Years of The Law Simplified
A decade ago I sat at a computer, just as I am today, and clicked ‘Upload’ on the very first YouTube video for The Law Simplified. It took months of preparation. Scanning my hand-written Spider Graphs for Tort Law, recording the lectures, editing them to fit ‘bit-sized’ lessons for online consumption and finally appearing on camera to produce this introduction:
I hadn’t figured out ‘noise reduction’ or ‘white balancing’, but I realised that I’d rather start this way than not do so at all.
Fast forward a few months of consistently uploading videos on YouTube and growing a student base on the then start-up online course platform, Udemy, I receive my first email request asking for guidance in law. Misbahu Adams, from Ghana. I will always be grateful to Adams since, as a relatively unknown lecturer in law, Adams had faith in my abilities to guide him through his LLB.
Over the next few years, it was my goal to expand on what I could offer with The Law Simplified. I’ve always believed that ‘the rising tide, lifts all ships’. So, I began teaching more subjects, guiding more students and extending my reach to areas that I felt were holding students and professionals in law back. There were (and still are) many gatekeepers to law and legal education. The Law Simplified was built to open new possibilities for those who would otherwise not be able to succeed in learning the law.
2015
The Law Simplified reaches 5,000 YouTube Subscribers
2016
Launch of the “Law Bites” Series
Launch of the Masterclasses
2017
Surpassing 1 Million Views on YouTube
2018
Launch of the comprehensive Online Law School platform
2019
Surpassed 50,000 Subscribers on YouTube
2021
Surpassing 75,000 Subscribers on YouTube
2022
Launch of the SQE1 Prep Masterclass
2023
The Law Simplified reaches 100,000 Subscribers on YouTube
Today, The Law Simplified is the world’s largest independent online law school platform, catering to nearly 60,000 students from 191 countries. Having surpassed 100,000 subscribers on YouTube in June 2023, The Law Simplified is also the largest online independent legal education platform on YouTube. I am grateful for the people that surround me and the opportunities that have presented themselves in the past decade.
Thank you to my family, friends, students, subscribers and fans for a decade of teaching.
Onwards and upwards.
Shaveen Bandaranayake, Founder & Lead Instructor of The Law Simplified
