Experimental Legal Education In A Globalized World

Author : Mutaz Qafisheh,Stephen A. Ronenbaum
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781443895446

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Experimental Legal Education in a Globalized World by Mutaz Qafisheh,Stephen A. Ronenbaum Pdf

Legal education is currently undergoing a paradigm shift. Traditional law instruction, lecturing and memorizing have become a fading fashion, with legal clinics increasingly cropping up. These allow law students to practice while studying and to contribute to social justice as part of the educational process. Students no longer accept one-way interaction from their professors, and demand interaction with their peers in various corners of the globe. The Middle East is no exception here. Legal clinics can be found in most countries of the region, though there is scant literature on legal education in the area, particularly with regards to clinical legal education. This book fills this gap, and offers comparative cases that will benefit legal educators and justice practitioners in the Middle East and beyond. The region needs reform in all dimensions, including the political, economic, social, religious, legal, and educational. Legal education lies at the heart of securing such long awaited reforms. The book examines legal education within selected locations in the region, underscoring successful pedagogical models from various parts of the world. This peer-reviewed book focuses on practical legal education, where learning is student-centered, particularly clinical legal education, field work, street law, pro bono service, legal advice, simulations, placements/internships, moot courts and mock trials, problem-based learning, case analysis, group work, role-play, and brainstorming. The book brings together 28 chapters written by leading legal scholars from across the globe, all concerned with the advancement of legal education, with making it more interactive, and contributing to bridging the gap between powerful and powerless communities.

Author : Richard J. Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107025615

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The Global Evolution of Clinical Legal Education by Richard J. Wilson Pdf

Clinical legal education has revolutionized legal education, from its deepest origins in the nineteenth century to its now-global reach.

Author : Christopher Gane,Robin Hui Huang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134804818

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Legal Education in the Global Context by Christopher Gane,Robin Hui Huang Pdf

This book discusses the opportunities and challenges facing legal education in the era of globalization. It identifies the knowledge and skills that law students will require in order to prepare for the practice of tomorrow, and explores pedagogical shifts legal education needs to make inside and outside of the classroom. With contributions from leading experts on legal education from various jurisdictions across the globe, the work combines theoretical depth with practical insights. Seeking to understand the changing landscape of legal education in the era of globalization, the contributions find that law schools can, and must, adopt educational strategies that at least present students with different understandings of what studying and practicing law is meant to be about. They find that law schools need to offer their students choices, a vision of practice that is not driven entirely by the demands of the marketplace or the needs of major international law firms. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book makes a significant contribution to the impact of globalization on legal education, and how students and law schools need to adapt for the future. It will be of great interest to academics and students of comparative legal studies and legal education, as well as policy-makers and practitioners.

Author : Richard L Abel,Ole Hammerslev,Hilary Sommerlad,Ulrike Schultz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509915163

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Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies by Richard L Abel,Ole Hammerslev,Hilary Sommerlad,Ulrike Schultz Pdf

The world's legal professions have undergone dramatic changes in the 30 years since publication of the landmark three-volume Lawyers in Society, which launched comparative sociological studies of lawyers. This is the first of two volumes in which scholars from a wide range of disciplines, countries and cultures document and analyse those changes. The present volume presents reports on 46 countries, with broad coverage of North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, North Africa and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and former communist countries. These national reports address: the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism on national legal professions (the relationship of lawyers and their professional associations to the state and tensions between state and citizenship); changes in lawyer demography (rapidly growing numbers and the profession's efforts to retain control, the entry of women and obstacles to full gender equality, ethnic diversity); legal education (the proliferation of institutions and pedagogic innovation); the regulation of lawyers; structures of production (especially the growth of large firms and the impact of technology and paraprofessionals); the distribution of lawyers across roles; and access to justice (state-funded legal aid and pro-bono services). The juxtaposition of the reports reveals the dramatic transformations of professional rationales, labour markets, and working practices and the multiple contingencies of the role of lawyers in societies experiencing increasing juridification within a new geopolitical order.

Author : Bryant Garth,Gregory Shaffer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780197632314

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The Globalization of Legal Education by Bryant Garth,Gregory Shaffer Pdf

"Legal academics and practitioners in recent decades increasingly emphasize the so-called "globalization" of legal education. The diffusion of the Juris Doctor (JD) degree to Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, as well as the advent of a very similar Juris Master (JM) degree in China and a shift in the late 1980s and beyond to a new, US-influenced format in India, exemplify shifts toward US legal education practices (Flood 2014). The global and Americanizing trend is evident on the web sites of law schools around the globe, with many law schools competing to be the most "global" in terms of their faculty, curricula, teaching methods, and students. Less pronounced but related to the literature on legal globalization is that on "transnationalization" and transnational processes, which is a strong component of the move toward globalization in legal education. As this book shows, if we look to see what is celebrated as part of globalized law schools and faculties, we see increased cross-border flows of professors and students, teaching of transnational legal subjects, development of particular forms of teaching practice such as legal clinics, explicit focus on transnational rankings, and transnationalized scholarly communities sharing teaching and research methods and approaches across domains of law"--

Author : Alberto Alemanno,Lamin Khadar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107163041

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Reinventing Legal Education by Alberto Alemanno,Lamin Khadar Pdf

Reinventing Legal Education explores how clinical legal education - a new frontier for European public interest lawyering - is reforming law teaching and practice in Europe.

Author : Christophe Jamin,William van Caenegem
Publisher : Springer
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319291253

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The Internationalisation of Legal Education by Christophe Jamin,William van Caenegem Pdf

This volume provides an overview of the state of internationalisation of legal education (IOLE) in many civil law and common law countries. It provides a picture of the status of the debate about the shape and degree of internationalisation in the curriculum in the different countries, and the debates surrounding the adoption of a more international approach to legal education in the contemporary world. It is a compilation of the National Reports submitted for the August 2014 Congress of the IACL held at Vienna, and contains an introductory general report. Together, the reports examine such questions as: Why is the topic of internationalization of legal education on the agenda now? Why is it a relevant subject for examination today? Does the topic generate the same level of interest everywhere in the world? Is enthusiasm for IOLE mainly driven by the academic sector, by government, by multinational corporations? Is the interest closely linked with the globalization of the practice of law? Or is globalisation of law itself something of a myth, or a reality reserved for only a very small percentage of practising lawyers around the world? The general and national reports make clear that there is indeed widespread interest in IOLE, and numerous disparate initiatives around the world. Nonetheless, some National Reporters state that the topic is simply not on the agenda at all. All in all, the volume shows that the approaches to internationalisation are many and varied, but every jurisdiction recognises the importance of introducing aspiring lawyers to a more integrated global environment.

Author : Richard Grimes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351814584

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Re-thinking Legal Education under the Civil and Common Law by Richard Grimes Pdf

Whilst educational theory has developed significantly in recent years, much of the law curriculum remains content-driven and delivered traditionally, predominantly through lecture format. Students are, in the main, treated as empty vessels to be filled by the eminent academics of the day. Re-thinking Legal Education under the Common and Civil Law draws on the experience of teachers, practitioners and students across the world who are committed to developing a more effective learning process. Little attention has, historically, been paid to the importance of the application of theory, the role of reflective learning, the understanding and acquisition of lawyering skills and the development of professional responsibility and wider ethical values. With contributions from across the global north and south, this book examines the history of educating our lawyers, the influences and constraints that may shape the curriculum, the means of delivering it and the models that could be used to tackle current shortcomings. The whole is intended to represent what might be desirable and possible if we are to produce lawyers that are fit for purpose in the 21st century, be that in either in civil or common law jurisdictions. This book will be of direct assistance to those who wish to understand the theory and practice of legal pedagogy in an experiential context. It will be essential reading for academics, researchers and teachers in the fields of law and education, particularly those concerned with curriculum design and developing interactive teaching methods. It is likely to be of interest to law students too – particularly those who value a more direct engagement in their learning.

Author : Asha Bajpai,David W. Tushaus,Mandava Rama Krishna Prasad
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789819955510

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Human Rights and Legal Services for Children and Youth by Asha Bajpai,David W. Tushaus,Mandava Rama Krishna Prasad Pdf

This book discusses legal services clinics and various other access-to-justice initiatives that are established to protect and represent the rights and interests of children and youth in several countries across the globe. These could include legal services or access-to-justice clinics run by government or universities or community. The book has contributions from academicians, lawyers, researchers and legal professionals from several counties including India, UK, USA, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, Poland, and Spain, which discuss how they represent children and youth in their countries. The book looks at how these access-to-justice initiatives currently provide assistance, what are the child friendly justice procedures they use, and best practices that can be replicable in other jurisdictions. The chapters contain findings of field research studies, some case studies, and models related to these topics. There are recommendations on ways to strengthen access-to-justice and legal services for empowering children and youth. The main goal is to create a resource for readers who want to expand child advocacy opportunities in their own universities and communities. The reader may also learn how to conduct legislative advocacy and case law advocacy to improve laws in other jurisdictions; and take-away best and replicable initiatives. The practices could be adaptable by other clinics and countries. The book will be useful to child rights advocates and defenders, students of law, legal researchers, civil society organizations, legal services authorities, legal aid institutions, educational institutions, school authorities, juvenile justice authorities, clinical legal educators, justice educators, justice practitioners and law and policy makers.

Author : Daniel Newman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000915938

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Leading Works on the Legal Profession by Daniel Newman Pdf

This collection provides an innovative and engaging way of assessing the development of legal profession scholarship and its potential future development by presenting an analysis of the ‘leading works’ of the discipline. The book was written by prominent and emerging international scholars in the field, with each contributor having been invited to select and analyse a work which has for them shed light on what the legal profession is and what it does. The chapters explore the effect that the chosen work has had upon legal profession scholarship as a whole, both within particular jurisdictions and internationally. Contributors also reflect upon the likely implications of the leading work on the future study of and application to the legal profession. They relate the works to recent and contemporary developments in law and access to justice, such as the rise of technology, impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and issues of funding, to highlight the interpretative value of such scholarship. Presenting an overview and introduction to the field of legal profession research, the collection will be required reading for researchers looking to study any aspect of the legal profession. It will also prove compelling for a wide variety of access to justice and justice system research projects. The book will also appeal to scholars interested in legal ethics.

Author : Michael John McNamara
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811541599

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Supervision in the Legal Profession by Michael John McNamara Pdf

This book is about supervision in the legal profession with a focus on the experience of novice lawyers. It is the first of its kind. Until now there have been a range of books dedicated to professional supervision in many disciplines, but not law. Supervision is an important link between formal university-based legal education and independent practice and is relevant to a range of contemporary legal practice issues including changes driven by technology, workplace culture, regulating law firm management, and well-being. This book aims to be scholarly and practical. It provides an overview of how supervision is positioned in the legal regulatory framework; it describes how supervision is conceived in the legal profession and practice management literature; and draws lessons from clinical legal education and other professional disciplines. By reporting on survey data, this book also provides insights into practitioners’ attitudes and perceptions about supervision in legal practice.

Author : Louise G. Trubek,Jeremy Cooper
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060440802

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Educating for Justice Around the World by Louise G. Trubek,Jeremy Cooper Pdf

Liberal education, Kenneth S. Gallant

Author : David B. Wilkins,Vikramaditya S. Khanna,David M. Trubek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107151840

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The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization by David B. Wilkins,Vikramaditya S. Khanna,David M. Trubek Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of globalization on the legal profession in India.

Author : LOUISE G.. COOPER TRUBEK (JEREMY.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : LAW
ISBN : 042945807X

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EDUCATING FOR JUSTICE AROUND THE WORLD by LOUISE G.. COOPER TRUBEK (JEREMY.) Pdf

Author : Jan Klabbers,Mortimer Sellers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781402094941

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The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education by Jan Klabbers,Mortimer Sellers Pdf

The internationalization of commerce and contemporary life has led to a globalization of legal standards and practices. The essays in this text explore this new reality and suggest ways in which the new legal order can be made more just and effective.