Legal Education At The Crossroads

Author : Avrom Sherr,Richard Moorhead,Hilary Sommerlad
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315412955

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Legal Education at the Crossroads by Avrom Sherr,Richard Moorhead,Hilary Sommerlad Pdf

For several years legal professions across the world have, to varying degrees, been undergoing dramatic changes as a result of a range of forces such as globalization, diversification and changes in regulation. In many jurisdictions the extent of these transformations have led to a process of professional fragmentation and generated uncertainty at institutional, organisational and individual levels about the nature and future of legal professionalism. As a result legal education is in flux in many of jurisdictions including the United States, the UK and Australia, with further effects in other Common Law and some Civil law countries. The situation in the UK exemplifies the sense of uncertainty and crisis, with a growing number of pathways into law; an increasing surplus of law graduates to graduate entry positions and most recently proposals for reform of legal education and training by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This collection addresses both current and historical approaches showing that some problems which appear to be modern are endemic, that there are still some important prospects for change and that policy issues may be more important than the interests of lawyers and educators. This makes this volume a source of interest to lawyers, law students, academic and policy makers as well as the discerning public. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the Legal Profession.

Author : David M. Moss,Debra Moss Curtis
Publisher : IAP
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617358616

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Reforming Legal Education by David M. Moss,Debra Moss Curtis Pdf

In today’s volatile law school environment, curriculum reform has emerged as a significant focus. It is commonly understood that law schools effectively teach certain analytical skills, but are less successful in other areas, and often scramble to adapt to evolving aims. This book demonstrates how law schools are successfully reforming their curriculum - and lays the framework to show how all schools of law can engage in a continuous reform model that proactively shapes our profession. It is expected that faculty and professional staff engaged in legal education will utilize this book as a primary resource to guide their respective reform efforts. Each contributed chapter presents a case study of a data-driven curriculum reform effort. The initial chapters set the conceptual context for the book, while the final chapter offers summative recommendations for considering legal education reform as derived from the earlier case study chapters. This book adds significantly to the literature in legal education, as we gain first hand insight into evidence based reform for the legal education community.

Author : Noel Semple
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784711665

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Legal Services Regulation at the Crossroads by Noel Semple Pdf

Who should be allowed to provide legal services to others? What characteristics must these services possess? Through a comparative study of English-speaking jurisdictions, this book illuminates the policy choices involved in legal services regulation a

Author : David I. C. Thomson
Publisher : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134430813

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Law School 2.0 by David I. C. Thomson Pdf

Legal education is at a crossroads. As a media-saturated generation of students enters law school, they find themselves thrust into a fairly backward mode of instruction, much of which is over 100 years old. Over those years, legal education has resisted many credible reports recommending change, most recently those from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and from the Clinical Legal Education Association. Meanwhile, the cost of legal education continues to skyrocket, with many law students graduating with crushing debt they have difficulty paying back. All of these factors are likely to reach a crescendo in the next few years, setting the stage for a perfect storm out of which can come significant change. But legal education has successfully resisted systemic change for many years. Given that dubious track record, the only way significant change can reasonably be predicted is if something is different this time. Fortunately, there is something different this time: the ubiquity of technology. Since the MacCrate report in 1992, the internet has achieved massive growth, and a generation of students has grown up with sophisticated and pervasive use of technology in nearly every facet of their lives. This book describes how the perfect storm of generational change and the rising cost and criticisms of legal education, combined with extraordinary technological developments, will change the face of legal education as we know it today. Its scope extends from generational changes in our students, to pedagogical shifts inside and outside of the classroom, to hybrid textbooks, all the way to methods of active, interactive, and hypertextual learning. And it describes how this shift can--and will--better prepare law students for the practice of tomorrow.

Author : Rachel Dunn,Paul Maharg,Victoria Roper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000688771

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What is Legal Education for? by Rachel Dunn,Paul Maharg,Victoria Roper Pdf

How we interpret and understand the historical contexts of legal education has profoundly affected how we understand contemporary educational cultures and practices. This book, the result of a Modern Law Review seminar, both celebrates and critiques the lasting impact of Peter Birks’ influential edited collection, Pressing Problems in the Law: Volume 2: What is the Law School for? Published in 1996, his book addresses many critical issues that are hauntingly present in the 21st century, amongst them the impact of globalisation; technological disruption; and the tension inherent in law schools as they seek to balance the competing interest of teaching, research and administration. Yet Birks’ collection misses key issues, too. The role of wellbeing, of emotion or affect, the relation of legal education to education, the status of legal education in what, since his volume, have become the devolved jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland – these and others are absent from the research agenda of the book. Today, legal educators face new challenges. We are still recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on our universities. In 1996 Birks was keen to stress the importance of comparative research within Europe. Today, legal researchers are dismayed at the possibility of losing valuable EU research funding when the UK leaves the EU, and at the many other negative effects of Brexit on legal education. The proposed Solicitors Qualifying Examination takes legal education regulation and professional learning into uncharted waters. This book discusses these and related impacts on our legal educations. As law schools approach an existential crossroads post-Covid-19, it seems timely to revisit Birks’ fundamental question: what are law schools for?

Author : Mark Vincent Ellis,Law Society of Upper Canada. Dept. of Continuing Legal Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Disclosure of information
ISBN : 0887590055

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Corporate Disclosure at the Crossroads by Mark Vincent Ellis,Law Society of Upper Canada. Dept. of Continuing Legal Education Pdf

Author : Susan Bartie,David Sandomierski
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479803644

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American Legal Education Abroad by Susan Bartie,David Sandomierski Pdf

A critical history of the Americanization of legal education in fourteen countries The second half of the twentieth century witnessed the export of American power—both hard and soft—throughout the world. What role did US cultural and economic imperialism play in legal education? American Legal Education Abroad offers an unprecedented and surprising picture of the history of legal education in fourteen countries beyond the United States. Each study in this book represents a critical history of the Americanization of legal education, reexamining prevailing narratives of exportation, transplantation, and imperialism. Collectively, these studies challenge the conventional wisdom that American ideas and practices have dominated globally. Editors Susan Bartie and David Sandomierski and their contributors suggest that to understand legal education and to respond thoughtfully to the mounting present-day challenges, it is essential to look beyond a particular region and consider not only the ideas behind legal education but also the broader historical, political, and cultural factors that have shaped them. American Legal Education Abroad begins with an important foundational history by leading Harvard Law School historian Bruce Kimball, who explains the factors that created a transportable American legal model, and the book concludes with reflections from two prominent American law professors, Susan Carle and Bob Gordon, whose observations on recent disruptions within US law schools suggest that their influence within the global order of legal education may soon fall into further decline. This book should be considered an invaluable resource for anyone in the field of law.

Author : Professor Christopher Gane,Professor Hui Huang
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781472444981

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Legal Education in the Global Context by Professor Christopher Gane,Professor 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 : William van Caenegem,Mary Hiscock
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781783474547

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The Internationalisation of Legal Education by William van Caenegem,Mary Hiscock Pdf

For graduate lawyers to succeed in a global environment, legal education in every system must undergo revolutionary change. Professors van Caenegem and Hiscock explore in detail the new initiatives that are emerging as a response to this development an

Author : Richard Grimes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,5 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 : Emma Jones,Fiona Cownie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429826573

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Key Directions in Legal Education by Emma Jones,Fiona Cownie Pdf

Key Directions in Legal Education identifies and explores key contemporary and emerging themes that are significant and heavily debated within legal education from both UK and international perspectives. It provides a rich comparative dialogue and insights into the current and future directions of legal education. The book discusses in detail topics including the pressures on law schools exerted by external stakeholders, the fostering of interdisciplinary approaches and collaboration within legal education and the evolution of discourses around teaching and learning legal skills. It elaborates on the continuing development of clinical legal education as a component of the law degree and the emergence and use of innovative technologies within law teaching. The approach of pairing UK and international authors to obtain comparative insights and analysis on a range of key themes is original and provides both a genuine comparative dialogue and a clear international focus. This book will be of great interest for researchers, academics and post-graduate students in the field of law and legal pedagogy.

Author : Emma Jones,Caroline Strevens
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-08-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781040115015

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Legal Education for Wellbeing by Emma Jones,Caroline Strevens Pdf

This book aims to assist legal educators and law schools in integrating wellbeing within the design and delivery of the legal curriculum. It also encourages the evaluation of wellbeing-related initiatives, to develop an evidence-based, sustainable approach to its inclusion. The contributions to this volume each focus upon different aspects of wellbeing and the curriculum, including the applications of vulnerability and social identity theory, the role of transitions and inductions, the implementation and evaluation of law school wellbeing initiatives, reflections on both the Socratic method and assessment, the results of a longitudinal student study and a consideration of the legal profession’s perspective. They contain both theoretical and empirical evidence to support the development of wellbeing-informed teaching and learning and foster positive interactions and experiences for both staff and students. Taken together, and coupled with international perspectives, they provide evidence and examples to support a holistic approach to wellbeing in legal education which moves beyond simply ameliorating damaging impacts and instead identifies meaningful routes to fostering positive wellbeing. This volume will be of interest to legal academics and others with an interest in legal education, including legal professionals and law students. It will also appeal to those who have an interest in integrating wellbeing into the curriculum within higher education. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Law Teacher.

Author : Jacques Maritain
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1943-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0300001630

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Education at the Crossroads by Jacques Maritain Pdf

The author, a modern Catholic writer-philosopher, sets forth his views on Christian education.

Author : Stephen B Burbank,Barry Friedman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 0761926577

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Judicial Independence at the Crossroads by Stephen B Burbank,Barry Friedman Pdf

This volume is a collection of essays on the contentious issues of judicial independence and federal judicial selection, written by leading scholars from the disciplines of law, political science, history, economics, and sociology.

Author : Helen Gibbon,Ben Golder,Lucas Lixinski,Marina Nehme,Prue Vines
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000806694

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Critical Legal Education as a Subversive Activity by Helen Gibbon,Ben Golder,Lucas Lixinski,Marina Nehme,Prue Vines Pdf

In an age when everyone aspires to teach critical thinking skills in the classroom, what does it mean to be a subversive law teacher? Who or what might a subversive law teacher seek to subvert – the authority of the law, the university, their own authority as teachers, perhaps? Are law students ripe for subversion, agents of, or impediments to, subversion? Do they learn to ask critical questions? Responding to the provocation in the classic book Teaching as a Subversive Activity, by Postman and Weingartner, the idea that teaching could, or even should, be subversive still holds true today, and its premise is particularly relevant in the context of legal education. We therefore draw on this classic book to discuss, in the present volume, the consideration of research into legal education as lifetime learning, as creating meaning, as transformative and as developing world-changing thinking within the legal context. The volume offers research into classroom experiences and theoretical and historical interrogations of what it means to teach law subversively. Primarily aimed at legal educators and doctoral students in law planning careers as academics, its insights speak directly to tensions in higher education more broadly.