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Teaching through proxy as a response to the internationalisation of legal education
legal studies outside their home country in overseas institutions or in-country from foreign providers has been staggering. Education has become a large service export industry – in terms of dollar value the educational industry in Australia has become the third largest se…
Challenges of teaching law to non-law students
In this article from the Summer 2005 issue of Directions Alice Christudason (National University of Singapore) puts forward some solutions to the challenges of teaching law to non-law students. This article is an abbreviated version of a paper presented at the 2004 Society of …
Towards the death of French law schools?
In this article from the Autumn 2005 issue of Directions Emmanuel Guinchard (Northumbria University) describes developments in legal education in France. On 7 June 2005 Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg approved an agreement with the Institute of Political Studies of Pa…
Current developments in legal education in Australia
In this article from the Autumn 2007 issue of Directions Mark Israel and Gary Davis (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 …
The three most important characteristics of the English legal system: accidents of geography as much as history
This article from the Spring 2008 issue of Directions is a summary of a paper presented by Roger Burridge (University of Warwick) at the International Association of Law Schools conference in October 2007. Conference participants were asked to write a short paper on the most imp…
Teaching in Tallinn: the post-modern law school?
In this article from the Spring 2003 issue of Directions Igor Gräzin, Dean of the Private Academy Nord Law School, Estonia, provides a perspective on the development of legal education in eastern Europe and the setting up of the first accredited law school in Estonia. Note: t…
The emerging use of storytelling as an alternative teaching methodology
Michael Blissenden (University of Western Sydney, Australia) presented the findings of a three year teaching project which developed an alternative teaching methodology to the appellate case law method. Michael’s slides are embedded below, and you can also download hi…
The Tao of Professionalism
Bridgit Burke, Albany Law School The following paper was submitted by Bridgit to Vocational Teachers Forum on 6 January 2006. Unfortunately Bridgit was not able to attend the conference, however she has given us permission to include her paper here. Clinics provide an outst…
Avoiding pedagogy roadblocks to create advances in the delivery of legal education
Steven Friedland (Elon University, USA) presented some proposals for how to bridge the gaps between the teaching of theory and practice and promote a learning centric educational platform. Download Steven’s full paper (Word doc, 6 pages, 26 Kb) at the bottom of the pa…
Reforming the curriculum of the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws at HKU: revolution or evolution?
Wilson Chow, Julienne Jen and Firew Kebede Tiba (University of Hong Kong) presented an account of the curriculum reform of the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws at the University of Hong Kong. The presenters’ slides are embedded below, and their full paper is available…
Doing diagnostics: accounting for progress in student communications and advocacy
Bonnie McAlister (Elon University, USA) considered the speaking characteristics of effective advocates and demonstrated a technique for use in assessing oral communication. An essential skill of all legal practitioners is their ability to communicate effectively, and yet le…
Interactive learning in an eConfucius drama classroom
Amy Shee (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan) presented an innovative pedagogy for passive students and conventional teachers based on interactive learning in a guided drama classroom. Download Amy’s full paper at the foot of this page. Amy has developed a new …
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
Reports and links to papers on community at Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: Lifelong learning: engaging students and teachers in legal education – Claire Macken (Deakin University, Australia) read report below The SIMPLE project: an update – Paul …
Adapting law school learning to the 21st century: constructing improved learning environments
In this paper presented at Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008 Catherine Dunham and Steven Friedland (Elon University School of Law, USA) advocate greater use of e-learning, particularly in the classroom and via podcasts, as a way of meeting the challenges of legal educati…
Learning law in a global era
Keynote address by Harry Arthurs (Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada) at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2007, exploring the impact of globalisation on the law curriculum and outlining the ‘trans-systemic’ response adopted at McGill law school in Montreal. (Wor…
Introducing legal clinics in Olomouc: the application of common law clinical models in a civil law system
Vendula Bryxová and Maxim Tomoszek (Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic) are members of a team developing practical legal education methods in Olomouc. In this paper presented at Learning in Law Annual Conference 2007 they describe the design of a clinical programme,…
Selling fragrances on the Internet: an e-commerce negotiation
The genesis of a project is sometimes very simple – a discussion between Christophe Roquilly (EDHEC School of Management) and Abdul Paliwala (Warwick Law School) at the 2000 BILETA Conference and SubTech 2000 led to a joint e-learning project. In this article from the Autu…
Teaching students how to 'think like a lawyer': a comparative approach
Peter Wendel, Pepperdine University Peter’s session outlined a programme he has pioneered to help students from non-traditional backgrounds engaged in the struggle of ‘learning to think like a lawyer’. His presentation involved the audience in considering a r…
Solicitor numbers still rising...
entries exclude those transferring from overseas or other professions (for example the Bar, FILEX). Between those dates law graduates entering the profession only increased by 25%, compared with a 113% increase in non-law graduates. Overall however the recent trends in graduat…
Project Internationalisation
abroad opportunities and a wider range of overseas field trip activities. Numbers of fee paying international students are relatively low, although there are established areas of transnational delivery and direct recruitment onto home summer programmes from partner international…
Awards for learning and teaching
experiences teaching intellectual property law overseas Academy Senior Fellows The Higher Education Academy confers Senior Fellow status in recognition of outstanding achievement and contribution to teaching and learning. The following law teachers became Senior Fellows in…
The costs of legal education
Other responses have included recruiting overseas students as a lucrative source of additional income. Several law schools have gone into business providing a range of services at commercial rates including professional postgraduate provision, distance learning, franchising and …
The 2009 Conference wiki
themselves interest in the wiki came both from overseas and from other disciplines, giving more impact and enabling useful links and connections to be made commenting functionality allowed informal exchanges presenters in the same parallel used the wiki to support collabor…
(De-)Constructing the global law school
particular reference to the experience of overseas students. In one sense higher education and scholarship are peculiarly fitted to the model of sustainable globalisation, and a global knowledge economy has developed through the Internet in a way undreamed of 20 years ago. De…
Resources on problem-based learning (PBL)
Education Academy General guidance: overseas Leap into problem-based learning (PDF file; University of Adelaide) – step by step guide through important questions for those considering the use of PBL Problem-based learning (School of Medicine, Queen’s Unive…
New opportunities, but where's the will (or the money)?
admiration. They are sought by a growing number of overseas students each year. All in all UK legal education’s star is high. However, the modern curriculum is moving on and law’s influence is growing and fragmenting into new specialisms. There has been an exponent…
Assessing student work and providing feedback
support this is of some importance for overseas students, who will be disadvantaged if they do not write good English if it is going to take too much time, then correct the errors on the first page and ask the student to speak to you individually, when you can …
Graduate standards in law: the current practice of external examining
those whose second language is English or overseas students. If the purpose of the exercise is to reassure employer/professional opinion, there is a need to recognise that there are unrealistic expectations in the professions about what higher education can deliver. Unless the…
Overview of subject review
becomes more critical (especially in overseas markets). League tables (no matter how critical we are of their methodologies or how distasteful we find them in principle) will continue to appear and command national interest subject review gradings will continue to form …
At the point of qualification: reflections on the Law Society's Training Framework Review
increasing numbers of non-law graduates and overseas lawyers entering the English profession. Many in education and the profession feel that there are better models. The four year qualifying law degree, integrating the academic and the vocational stages, is offered only at North…
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Exploring the impact of the Government of Wales Act 2006 on legal education in the UK
The Government of Wales Act 2006 has significant implications for those involved in legal education both in Wales and across the UK. This seminar, jointly organised by UKCLE and the University of Glamorgan, provided an outline of the main provisions of the Act and explored the wa...…
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