The global evolution of clinical legal education : more than a method / Richard J. Wilson, Washington College of Law, American University.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018Description: xii, 348 pagesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781108663038 (ebook)Subject(s): Law -- Study and teaching | LAW / General | Law | Jurisprudence & general issues | Globalization | Systems of law: common law | Systems of law: civil codes / civil law | Legal profession: general | Legal skills & practice | Systems of lawGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781107025615Summary: This text explores clinical legal education, from its historical origins of clinical experiments in the earliest days of U.S. university legal education to the now-global reach of clinical pedagogy as a proven tool for effective training of legal professionals. Globally, the methodologies of legal education have not changed in any fundamental way, some methods dating back hundreds of years. Law schools have relied, for too long, on passive learning methods such as lectures or cases. Clinical legal education provides an alternative that is more than just another pedagogical method. It provides a way for students to experience their emerging professional selves, while providing services or projects with poor and underrepresented clients. This book documents both the historical origins of clinical experiments in the earliest days of US university legal education, and the now-global reach of clinical pedagogy as a proven tool for effective training of legal professionals.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text explores clinical legal education, from its historical origins of clinical experiments in the earliest days of U.S. university legal education to the now-global reach of clinical pedagogy as a proven tool for effective training of legal professionals. Globally, the methodologies of legal education have not changed in any fundamental way, some methods dating back hundreds of years. Law schools have relied, for too long, on passive learning methods such as lectures or cases. Clinical legal education provides an alternative that is more than just another pedagogical method. It provides a way for students to experience their emerging professional selves, while providing services or projects with poor and underrepresented clients. This book documents both the historical origins of clinical experiments in the earliest days of US university legal education, and the now-global reach of clinical pedagogy as a proven tool for effective training of legal professionals.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781107025615
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