Nadine Bila is a Director and Legal Consultant at Bila Legal Services Ltd. Nadine has over 13 years of experience working in the legal sector, she began her career at the Ministry of Justice working at Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service and worked in private law firms as a fee-earner. Nadine has over a decade of invaluable skills and experience in the legal sector.

Nadine is the Founder of Bila Law Academy, she was inspired to give back to the community and to help increase access to the legal profession. Bila Law Academy is a not-for-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom. The main mission is to help to make law careers and education more accessible for underprivileged groups. She strongly believes that it is imperative that those who work within the legal profession reflect society as a whole, it is therefore important to increase representation and visible role models who can pave the way for the future generations.

The programmes we run at the academy provides participants with skills, knowledge and practical experience to allow them the opportunity in their chosen legal careers, so they can fulfil their potential. Nadine strongly believes that knowledge is power, and she is determined to ensure she transfers fundamental knowledge, skills and experience to those that will take part in the programmes. Having worked within private law firms, Nadine had first-hand experience of witnessing the limited training opportunities available for new members of staff. This in-itself motivated her to provide practical training, shadowing and work experience opportunities to aspiring lawyers and participants. In doing so, participants will be able to acquire key knowledge and experience, which would provide them with a starting point in their journey in law.

Nadine undertakes various voluntary community engagement work listed are her past and present roles:

Primary School Mentor – Prince’s Trust (2014 – 2015)
She undertook a Primary School Mentoring Programme with Prince’s Trust in the local community to raise aspirations of young girls and boys and help empower their parents to help support their children fulfil their potential.

Ex-Offenders Mentoring Programme – Prince’s Trust (2016 -2017)
Nadine attended HM Prison Brinsford in Wolverhampton to undertake the Ex-Offenders Mentoring Programme. The aim was to offer mentoring sessions to prisoners who were reaching the end of their prison sentences. The purpose was to assist and support offenders, in preparation of the transition of rehabilitation into the community to help prevent them from re-offending and provide them with employability skills and advice on building better relationships within their families and community.

Windrush Community Ambassador – UK HOME OFFICE (Oct 2020 – Jan 2021)
Nadine was privileged to be one of the 40 people appointed by the UK Home Office as a Community Windrush Ambassador in the United Kingdom. Her role was to help promote and raise awareness of the Windrush Compensation Scheme to communities most likely to be affected by issue.

Police Cadet Leader – West Midlands Police (Oct 2020 – present)
Nadine was appointed as Police Cadet Leader. The role involves mentoring young people with the mission to help bring positive changes in society. The aim is to transform the lives of our young people by making positive impacts and to provide them with the gift of growth through mentoring and sharing life skills. The scheme also provides young people with unique opportunities to gain experience and allow them to put their voices across and learn new skills.
Nadine is currently the vents Co-ordinator for The Black Solicitors (BSN) Network for the Midlands Region. BSN’s mission is to increase diversity in the legal profession which is something she strongly supports.

Legal Clinic / Po-Bono Legal Advice
In Partnership with the Citizen’s Advice Bureau, Nadine provides free advice and consultation to under-privileged people in society in most aspect of family law in order to increase access to justice.
Nadine is also a mother, Podcast Host, Public Speaker, Mentor and Coach to many in the community.

Yasmin is passionate about the Law and channels this passion into teaching, guiding, motivating and enriching the learning experience for students interested in a career in Law. Yasmin leads the enrichment programme for Law at BMet whereby she ensures students are learning beyond the lectures and classroom sessions. She runs a busy enrichment schedule for the Law and Criminology Department, including regular guest speaker sessions and workshops, Insight into the Judiciary sessions, work experience opportunities with the CPS as well as leading on external competitions such as Birmingham City University’s Convention on the American Constitution. Yasmin is enjoying working on the bespoke programme of activities that learners at Bila Law Academy will be able to participate in to enable them to get more work ready skills for a future career in Law.