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We have been recognized with two awards at the 2026 Society of Scholarly Publishing (SSP) EPIC Awards Celebration, held on 28 May in California.

, our knowledge resource for legal professionals and researchers, has won Gold in two categories: Hosting Platform Features and Branding.

The celebrate the remarkable achievements of individuals and teams who are advancing scholarly publishing through creativity, collaboration, and innovation. The Hosting Platform Features category highlights technical innovations that improve how scholarly content is hosted, accessed, and experienced, while the Branding category recognizes outstanding efforts to build and maintain a strong brand identity in scholarly publishing.

Mirkka Jokelainen, Product Portfolio Manager, said:

鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly rewarding to see Oxford Law Pro recognised across both platform innovation and branding. These awards reflect the collaboration and commitment of colleagues across OUP and our work with Silverchair and Baxter & Bailey. Our shared focus was to deliver real value to legal researchers and professionals.From the AI Research Assistant through to the product鈥檚 identity and positioning, the goal was to create something that is both highly functional and clearly signals what is unique about what OUP can offer. The SSP EPIC Gold Awards celebrate this work.鈥�

About the platform

Launched last year, Oxford Law Pro聽brings together more than 9,000 journal articles and over 600 award-winning, peer-reviewed books from our portfolio of authoritative and timely legal analysis, all on our Oxford Academic platform.聽

Oxford Law Pro聽is powered by a conversational AI research assistant,聽, making legal research more efficient without compromising on accuracy. Unlike generic AI search tools,聽Oxford Law Pro聽employs retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) frameworks specifically tuned for legal content, ensuring responses are grounded exclusively in OUP鈥檚 authoritative materials.

The platform equips legal professionals with tools that match the realities of modern practice, and by reducing time spent on initial source identification, the AI assistant allows them to allocate more time to substantive analysis, strategic thinking, and client service.

For many years, we have served the academic market with legal research materials, developing a reputation for publishing the highest quality research from globally respected authors.聽. Backed by our research and workshops, a process supported by legal technology expert Jenifer Swallow, we developed product branding and messaging to both reflect our established reputation and resonate with practitioners who may not have encountered OUP before.聽

We worked with design agency Baxter & Bailey to develop a strong, modern visual identity, messaging, and a suite of imagery to bring Oxford Law Pro聽alive. Congratulations to all involved for this industry recognition.

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