The Legal Education Foundation (LEF) – the charitable arm spun out of last year’s sale of the College of Law – has formally launched with a series of six grants to initiatives supporting pro bono, social mobility and access to justice.

LEF – which has funds of approximately £200m generated by last April’s sale of the College of Law’s education and training business to Montagu Private Equity – was set up to continue the College’s charitable activities in the wake of the takeover.