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Education for sustainable development: how can we fit it into the law curriculum?
Abstract Workshop covers: concerns about education for sustainable development better teaching; and flexibility of learning This workshop will explore the place of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the academy and within the law curriculum us…
Comparing legal professional education with education in other professions – what can they teach us?
Abstract Recently, legal professional education has undergone significant change. In particular, there is now a definite shift towards an outcomes-based approach. This is intended to widen access to the profession whilst maintaining the required standard essential to any…
A romantic revolution in legal education
similarly critical stage in the field of legal education. The paper focuses upon two specific areas: firstly, the development or ‘release’ of creative thinking and, secondly, the participatory and autonomous role of the student in his or her legal education. Hence there …
Images of law, law schools and legal education
Abstract A recent article in the Times Higher Education (19 August 2010) highlighted the way in which university websites provide information for students about courses and institutions. It also highlighted considerable differences in accessibility, navigation and the na…
Clinical legal education: theory, practice and possibilities
main issues relating to the use of clinical education as an integral part of the exempting law degree programme at Northumbria, presented at the UKCLE seminar on alternative routes to qualification in law on 20 May 2004. Note: These guidance notes should be read in conjunctio…
The link between quality legal education and student pastoral care: the Queen Mary experiment of ‘graduate student advisers’
crucial link between quality, successful legal education, and committed student pastoral care. I will argue that legal education, more than ever, now must take a more holistic approach to the student, not just as a traditional ‘learner’, but as a (typically) young person wit…
Legal education in the UK
October 2001 to provide baseline data on legal education. It provides background information on the provision of legal education in the UK, details the conclusions of recent reports and surveys, identifies pockets of innovation and finally looks at the issues and challenges faci…
Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC)
The Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct (ACLEC) was set up in April 1991 under the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. In 1992 ACLEC commenced a major review of legal education in England and Wales. Two consultation papers covering the academic (or initial) stage…
People in legal education
colleagues whose contributions to legal education have received external recognition. Spring 2010: New members of the UKCLE support team Other announcements Autumn 2009: New National Teaching Fellows in law: Paul Raffield and Penny Wiggins UKCLE staff chang…
Legal education in Wales: opportunities and challenges
of the Welsh legal environment on legal education in the principality. The National Assembly for Wales lacks the primary legislative powers of the Scottish Parliament, but its existence has nevertheless substantially changed the legal landscape of Wales. Its secondary lawmaki…
The future for legal education research
Julian Webb discusses the future of legal education research in the light of current developments in higher education. Whilst reports of the death of the Law Society’s Training Framework Review may yet prove somewhat exaggerated, the deliberations of the Regulation Board at…
Current developments in legal education in Australia
(Flinders University, Australia) report on legal education in Australia, including the possible creation of an Australian UKCLE! In 1987 the Pearce Report assessed the state of Australian law schools for a commission established by the Commonwealth government, describing an a…
GGSL - the phoenix of legal education
on how it has changed professional legal education in Scotland. Karen Barton is the co-director (academic) of the Legal Practice Courses at Glasgow Graduate School of Law; Paul Maharg is professor of legal education at Northumbria University, but until recently was professor o…
The costs of legal education
The model of finance adopted for legal education is rooted in the belief that law is taught by ‘chalk and talk’, and that the only ‘resources’ needed by law students are books. This has meant that historically law has suffered from being given the lowe…
From JALT to the International Journal of Legal Education
has become a fixture of contemporary legal education. Most researchers and authors concerned with topics such as student assessment, curricular development, ‘lawyerly skills’ and ethical considerations in legal education now see The Law Teacher as a logical, if not t…
SENDA: Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (SENDA) establishes legal rights for disabled students in pre- and post-16 education. In this article from the Spring 2002 issue of Directions Skill (the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities) takes a look at its con…
Legal education in practice: insights on a journey
Ashford moved from lecturing to become Legal Education Officer at Irwin Mitchell Solicitors. In this article from the Spring 2003 issue of Directions Chris considers how legal education operates – and could operate – within a commercial framework. Editor’s n…
Welsh legal education: working together, succeeding together
of Glamorgan) reports on the Welsh legal education conference held on 14 January 2004. This first ever conference devoted specifically to Welsh legal education looked at all aspects of post 16 legal education in Wales. Delegates were drawn from many sectors, including higher …
Directory of legal education
academic and vocational stages of legal education a student FAQ, with answers to frequently asked questions on legal education Use the left-hand menu to access the above. For more information on the practice of legal education in the devolved nations and support for lear…
Legal education in Northern Ireland
keep up to date with developments in legal education or get involved in UKCLE activities. Resources on legal education in Northern Ireland: Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employment paper comparing the differing …
The focus on skills for improving students’ engagement: the Tuning educational structures approach
nowadays. We have seen a movement from localised education towards a transnational one which has several consequences, not only in the way in which education is perceived, but also in the way in which it is taught2. In the last decades we have witnessed reactions to change and s…
Open Educational Resources in the disciplines: a joint conference
to discuss the key challenges facing open educational resources (OER) in the discipline context, and its long-term sustainability within the higher education sector. The aim of the conference was to provide feedback and encourage discussion on the lessons and strategies develope…
FAQ on legal education
the process: our directory of legal education gives overviews of qualifying as a lawyer in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and links to law schools both AllAboutLaw’s Pre-university section and LawCareers.net’s guide to first steps into law gi…
Responding to the Training Framework Review: the UK Centre for Legal Education
The UK Centre for Legal Education (UKCLE) is the subject centre for law of the Higher Education Academy, the UK-wide organisation set up to support law schools and lecturers in enhancing student learning and the student experience. UKCLE supports effective practice in teaching, …
Plenary: Legal education and the legal services market
Julian Webb (UK Centre for Legal Education) abstract | presentation | biography This presentation was a plenary session at the 2010 conference: Moving forward: Legal education in Scotland Abstract The Legal Services Act 2007 is already bringing about substantial chan…
2010 conference: Moving forward: Legal education in Scotland
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 …
Role of legal education in achieving sustainability
UKCLE’s event Environmental justice in legal education on 29 March 2010 and the slidecast (with audio) is embedded below. It was based on his published research paper The essential and growing role of legal education in achieving sustainability, which can be downloaded at …
Building research capacity in legal education
The legal education community faces a lack of research capacity and hard data relating to the teaching of law. The diffculties of building capacity are exacerbated by an academic culture in which educational research is generally not valued and subject specialists are not encour…
Academic misconduct in legal education
investigation into academic misconduct in legal education, examining levels of detection, procedures and penalties in UK law schools Completion date: October 2008 UKCLE funding: £4,000 Project latest: final report – Plagiarism in UK law schools: policies, procedures and…
Practitioner perspectives on legal education and training
newly qualified solicitors concerning their education and training Completion date: December 2002 UKCLE funding: £5,000 This project developed from research undertaken by the University of Westminster for the Law Society’s Sixth Cohort Study on Entry to the Legal Profe…
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