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(De-)Constructing the global law school
included the following papers: Sustainable globalisation and higher education – Nick Johnson (University of Warwick) read report below Bologna, Copenhagen and beyond…a discussion of the impact of the Bologna reforms on legal education – Maria Tighe (Leed…
Learning law in a global era
Conference 2007, exploring the impact of globalisation on the law curriculum and outlining the ‘trans-systemic’ response adopted at McGill law school in Montreal. (Working draft – please do not reproduce.) The optimists amongst us assume that human hands …
Teaching through proxy as a response to the internationalisation of legal education
the conference to deliver her paper.) Globalisation is impelling the internationalisation of legal education. Over recent years the growth in the number of students from various Asian countries, such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia, undertaking legal studi…
LILI 2003 panel discussion
‘quality’ is and how it may be demonstrated globalisation – implications for UK higher education of the Bologna process, changing legal markets and employment practices, the impact of ICT on the delivery of and market for legal education The discussion wa…
Keynote speakers at 2007 Conference
a global era. It explored the impact of globalisation on the law curriculum and outlined the ‘trans-systemic’ response adopted at McGill law school in Montreal – read full paper. Harry is Emeritus Professor of Law and Political Science at Osgoode Hall Law Sch…
Social collaboration and the immersive: a new vision for legal education?
major paradigmatic changes occurring with globalisation and the use of the Internet are making our worlds smaller and allowing us to reconsider how we learn, where we learn and what we learn. This session aimed to draw together some of the key issues around a changing vision for…
Keynote speakers at 2008 Conference
‘foreign law’ studied. The pressures of globalisation may be bringing about an irresistible linguistic hegemony. What is this doing to Europe and legal education in mainland Europe? What do they know that we don’t know? And what effects might this have on o…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2007
the global law school – explored how globalisation is shaping the curriculum, the Bologna process and education for sustainability Creativity in the law curriculum – approaches described include peer assisted learning, using a wiki and ‘teaching without talki…
Snails in bottles and language cuckoos...evolution in the law curriculum?
has been required. It may be a response to globalisation and an American influence. Consequently, as Avrom suggested, is it that there is less interest in the English language per se and in English common law, but rather a (worrying) tendency towards an acceptance of US (pre)dom…
The Scottish legal education context
the lack of it), funding council policies, globalisation, information technology, and much else. The quality assurance process and benchmarking have left their mark on law curricula and teaching practices throughout the UK. Nevertheless, even here there are differences – S…
Workbook integrating sustainability concepts in legal system and method
tasks Understanding the concept of globalisation – students are advised that “Challenges facing the international community…and consequently international law and its institutions…include fears that the globalisation process will bring an increase in…
The internationalisation of law degrees and enhancement of graduate employability
date: July 2009 UKCLE funding: £1,652 Globalisation confronts the employment market with new challenges, and graduates need a wide range of key competences to adapt to the rapidly changing and highly interconnected world. Policy developments at the European level promote mobil…
Dual legal education: teaching and learning in law with French law degrees
experience of legal education. The demands of globalisation have increased pressure to internationalise the curriculum in order to prepare students and future lawyers for global citizenship. This is particularly relevant in the context of the EU, where Erasmus and other exchan…
What do lawyers do?
among other things, by industrialisation, globalisation, growth of law and regulation, and the information technology revolution. We did not know enough 20 years ago, and we have not been able to keep up at all with such changes since. Two models of legal education in the USA …
Developing environmental justice in the curriculum
Within the breadth of socio-legal studies, globalisation is recognised and embraced, no less so in environmental law with the immense geographical distribution of resources setting sustainable development at the top of the international as well as national agenda for environment…
Project Internationalisation
social, economic and cultural dimensions of globalisation and Europe, and the EU as a context for employment and other professional activities. In order to manage these ambitious targets we employed project methodology and a manager to co-ordinate activities. Progress towa…
Changes in legal education
and economic trends political trends globalisation decline in the number of firms providing legal and funding professional competition within and without the growth of salaried and employed solicitors Some, if not all, of the above will have long term effects on l…
Reassessing band funding for law: a discussion paper
courts. Human rights litigation and the globalisation of legal, financial and commercial services have largely been practitioner led, accompanied by significant analysis and exposition from individual legal scholars. Institutions are increasingly required to reflect these intere…
The future of the legal profession and learning: a view from practice
also increased competition from greater globalisation and the opening up of this country’s internal legal market. In the future larger firms will have more competition from foreign law firms, and the trend of merger and strategic alliances will continue so that firms…
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UKCLE strategy for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Consultation on deferral of call to the Bar - UKCLE response
In July 2006 the Bar Standards Board (BSB) issued a consultation paper on deferral of call to the Bar – the UKCLE response is given below. The consultation paper identified a number of policy and regulatory issues affecting entry to the profession that might be influence…
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2010/11 Annual Lecture of the Centre for Law, Ethics and Globalisation
Professor William Twining is one of greatest legal philosophers of our time. His work ranges from being a leading authority on the nature of law, American Legal Realism, the work of the American Jurist Karl Llewellyn, theories of evidence, philosophical and legal aspects of Jer...…
Legal Education and Scholarship: Past, present and future
This Workshop will explore theoretical and empirical aspects of legal education and scholarship, for example, values, culture, class, race, gender, diversity, globalisation, commodification, pedagogy, impact, political economy, academic freedom and stakeholders. …
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