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Teaching legal ethics in contextualised settings
UKCLE’s participation in the LTSN ETHICS project, this project aimed to identify effective models of teaching ethics in law Completion date: December 2006 UKCLE funding: £2,120 The benchmark statement for law specifically recognises the need for law students to have an…
International website for teaching ethics and professionalism
premiere’ for a new website on teaching ethics and professionalism. Teaching ethics and promoting the development of professionalism are currently vibrant and important topics in both legal education and the law profession. A considerable amount of information exists aro…
Ethics and legal education
What’s new in ethics Preparatory ethics training for future solicitors – the recommendations of the Economides & Rogers report have largely been endorsed by the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority; see Promoting ethical lawyering for a summary …
Ethics in the undergraduate curriculum: an international wiki community
research project on the teaching of legal ethics as well as initial proposals for an international interactive resource to support learning in legal ethics. Update, February 2010: see the Learning in Law Annual Conference 10 paper, International website for teaching ethics and…
Teaching legal ethics in context
This guide to teaching legal ethics was produced by Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University) as part of the teaching legal ethics research project. Below Alwyn identifies the key issues in legal ethics teaching – further sections look at resistance to the teaching of ethics, c…
Making choices about lawyers' ethics: integrating an ethical dimension into a simulation
Montfort University) describe the teaching of ethics on a clinic-based module, based on a simulation exercise involving students in making an ethical choice. Those who teach lawyers’ ethics on undergraduate law courses need to address issues such as the meaning of ethic…
How can we teach research ethics?
this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) advocate the case method for teaching research ethics, including three cases and how to use them. One strategy for teaching research ethics is to attempt to provide some cl…
Using narrative and clinical approaches to teach ethics
this section of his guide to teaching legal ethics Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University) discusses the use of clinic and narrative as teaching methods for legal ethics, highlighting the potential outcomes for students through reflection. A number of arguments are in favour of…
When and how should legal ethics be learned?
Economides and Justine Rogers on Preparatory Ethics Training for Future Solicitors. The report recommended that the Law Society take the lead in initiating “tripartite discussion” among the Law Society, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and representatives of the legal ac…
Putting ethics into practice: recognising the issues
In their paper, Putting ethics into practice, presented at Vocational Teachers Forum V Sara Chandler and Pamela Robotham outlined a pilot programme of ethics teaching carried out in the Legal Advice Centre at the College of Law, London. As part of the programme students atten…
A guide to resources on research ethics
Resources on research ethics by Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia). Guidelines and codes of practice Professional associations British Educational Research Association – Ethical guidelines for educational research (PDF file) British Psycho…
Integrating ethics into the curriculum
this section of his guide to teaching legal ethics Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University) looks at integrating the wider ethical context into the curriculum. “The ‘ethics’ in legal ethics is not merely about being a morally good person.…
Teaching environmental law, ethics and sustainability - case study
Subject/module: environmental law and ethics Level: masters (LLM in Marine Law/MSc in Sustainable Environmental Management) Pre-requisites: a good honours degree Cohort: 35 (4 per group for group work) Summary: module on environmental law, ethics and sustainability Contact: Sim…
Resistance to teaching legal ethics
This section of his guide to teaching legal ethics Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University) considers various forms of resistance to teaching ethics, in particular within the context of undergraduate legal education. Objections may be raised in university committees requiring an…
Ethics dilemma 1
from a set of four scenarios on teaching ethics contributed by Alison Dempsey (University of British Columbia). It raises issues of confidentiality and conflict of interest. The government has committed to building long term relationships with its stakeholders through consult…
Ethics or regulation?
this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) examine the tensions between ethical conduct and research ethics governance, looking at definitions of ethics and its regulation at national and international levels. (See th…
Putting ethics into practice: scenarios
In their paper, Putting ethics into practice, presented at Vocational Teachers Forum V, Sara Chandler and Pamela Robotham outlined a pilot programme of ethics teaching carried out in the Legal Advice Centre at the College of Law, London. As part of the programme students atte…
Ethics dilemma 3
from a set of four scenarios on teaching ethics contributed by Alison Dempsey (University of British Columbia). Your employer has been committed to open and transparent information sharing with all its employees for a number of years. The intranet site is heavily visited by e…
Ethics dilemma 4
from a set of four scenarios on teaching ethics contributed by Alison Dempsey (University of British Columbia). It is concerned with conflict of interest and confidentiality. The non-profit organisation where you work is holding its annual community charity fundraising event.…
Teaching legal ethics: materials
Materials for teaching legal ethics, developed as part of Teaching legal ethics in context, a guide to teaching legal ethics by Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University). Further teaching resources can be found in chapter 6 of Maughan & Webb’s Lawyering skills and the legal…
Using scenarios to teach ethics
development As with so many other subjects, ethics is best understood when its principles are applied in a practical context, and bridging the gap between theory and practice is one of the biggest challenges in teaching ethics today. For that reason, while working with a non p…
Cases for teaching research ethics
this section of their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) present three cases which can be used to teach research ethics – see the teaching research ethics section for how to use them. Case 1: Students faked survey In 2004…
Putting ethics into practice
Forum V set out to discuss the teaching of ethics in the clinical environment, and in particular in the Legal Advice Centre at the College of Law, London, evaluating a pilot programme of ethics teaching carried out in November/December 2005. A hypothetical scenario and a list of…
Ethics dilemma 2
from a set of four scenarios on teaching ethics contributed by Alison Dempsey (University of British Columbia). It looks at the issues that can arise when processes are not truly transparent and diverse interests may have come into conflict. As part of a strategy for increasi…
ETHICS (Ethics Teaching Highlighted In Contextualised Scenarios)
During 2003-04 UKCLE participated in the Ethics Teaching Highlighted In Contextualised Scenarios (ETHICS) project. The project, funded by the Learning and Teaching Support Network (now part of the Higher Education Academy), was conceived as a response to the growing requirement …
Legal ethics at the academic stage: exploring the issues
and Justine Rogers entitled Preparatory Ethics Training for Solicitors. Among the recommendations of this report was a call to make the teaching of ‘legal ethics’ a required part of the qualifying law degree. This call has been taken up by the Law Society, which is now c…
Teaching legal ethics: references
List of references from Teaching legal ethics in context, a guide to teaching legal ethics by Alwyn Jones (De Montfort University). Arthurs H (1998) ‘Why Canadian law schools do not teach legal ethics’ in K Economides (ed) Ethical challenges to legal education a…
Good ethical practice in empirical research on law
In this guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia*) address ethical issues for socio-legal scholars engaged in empirical research. The guide is divided into five main sections: What is empirical research on law? Ethics or regulati…
What is empirical research on law?
introduction to their guide to research ethics Mark Israel and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia) develop a definition of empirical research on law. Most academic researchers are concerned about ethics. We like to believe we behave in ways that are right and virtuous &…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
International survey on the teaching of ethics – Sara Chandler (College of Law) and Nigel Duncan (City Law School) read report below Enhancing employability: developing professionalism within the curriculum – Charlotte Woodhead (University of Derby) read repor…
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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...…
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