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Moving forward: Legal education in Scotland

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15 December 2010

The Teacher Building

Date changed from 24 November 2010

The second conference designed exclusively for the Scottish legal education community focused on the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing academic and professional environment.

Themes for the event included opening up the LLB curriculum and Professional Education and Training 2 (PEAT 2) collaboration. There were also workshop streams on clinical legal education (LLB), Work-based Learning (PEAT 2) and teaching law on non-law curricula.

Presentations and notes from the day.

Who attended?
Legal academics, law firm training partners/directors of training.

Programme

Wednesday 15 December 2010

10.00-10.15 Registration and refreshments on arrival
10.15-10.30 Introduction 
Michael Bromby, Glasgow Caledonian University
10.30-11.15 Plenary session: 
Legal education and the legal services market
Julian Webb, UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE
11.15-11.45 Refreshments
11.45-12.30 Parallel workshops: 
Workshop 1: A new approach: The clinical LLB
Donald Nicolson, University of Strathclyde
A new approach: The clinical skills out with the LLB
Dale McFadzean, University of West of Scotland
Workshop 2: Teaching law to scientists, and science for the law curriculum
Forensic science
Patrick Randolph-Quinney, University Dundee and Niamh Nic Daeid, University of Strathclyde 
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.15 Plenary session: 
The route to qualification: PEAT 2 and CPD
Liz Campbell & Collette Paterson, The Law Society of Scotland 
14.15-15.00 Parallel workshops: 
Workshop 3: The role of the profession in providing legal education
Jim Moser, Dundas & Wilson, Edinburgh and Collette Paterson, The Law Society of Scotland
Workshop 4: Teaching law to scientists, and science for the law curriculum
Forensic evidence
Michael Bromby, Glasgow Caledonian University and Fiona Raitt, University of Dundee 
15.00-15.20 Tea
15.20-16.00 Panel discussion and report back from workshops
16.00 Close of event

Enquiries to: Hansa Surti, Events Coordinator (Email: H.Surti@warwick.ac.uk)

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Phone Number: 0141 566 1871

Address
14 St Enoch Square
Glasgow
G1 4DB
Scotland
UK
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Booking Information

Booking Information

  • Fee: £75
    includes lunch and refreshments