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The Global Evolution of Clinical Legal Education: More than a Method
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In this article, 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 are discussed.Abstract:
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.read more
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Training for Justice: The Global Reach of Clinical Legal Education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define what the author means by clinical legal education and discuss its world-wide dissemination, primarily through foundations and government funding: the Ford Foundation, the Open Society programs of George Soros, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the American Bar Association's CEELI program, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, and some international financial institutions such as the World Bank.
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International Initiatives that Facilitate Global Mobility in Higher Education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify a number of international initiatives that have contributed to, reflect, or facilitate global higher education mobility, including European Union initiatives, the Bologna Process which led to the creation of the European Higher Education Area, and higher education initiatives of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, and the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development.
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U.S. Legal Education Methods and Ideals: Application to the Japanese and Korean Systems
TL;DR: For example, the authors explores the fundamental strengths and weaknesses of American legal education and training, provides an overview of the Japanese and Korean legal systems, and examines how Japan and Korea might maximize success and overcome challenges now that each country has decided to sculpt their legal education systems on the American model.
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The Bologna Process and its Implications for U.S. Legal Education
TL;DR: The Bologna Process has now grown to forty-six countries, including all of the EU Member States and nineteen non-EU countries as mentioned in this paper, and it is intended to help Europe better compete in the higher education field.
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Clinicalism: an emerging theory in legal pedagogy
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory in the field of legal pedagogy is proposed to identify clinical concepts, define clinical education's roots, goals, and objectives, and define clinical concepts.
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Introducing Legal Clinics in Olomouc, Czech Republic
TL;DR: In the Czech Republic, clinical legal education is not very developed as mentioned in this paper, which does not fit into the traditional view of legal education, which itself is based mainly on an Austrian and German legal tradition which emphasizes legal positivism, legal history and a lecture style of lessons.
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The Challenge of Providing High Quality, Low Cost Legal Aid for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the legal aid regimes in the Central European and Baltic States (CEBS), with an emphasis on the current distribution of protection resources throughout the region, and discuss recent developments and potential protection trends.
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The Practice Value of Experiential Legal Education: An Examination of Enrollment Patterns, Course Intensity, and Career Relevance
TL;DR: It is revealed that experiential courses have not been comparably pursued or valued by former law students as they headed to careers in different settings and types of law practice.
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'Practice Ready Graduates': A Millennialist Fantasy
TL;DR: The notion of "practice ready" was first proposed in the 1960s and 1970s as discussed by the authors, and it has been widely used in the legal education community since the 1990s.
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Legal Education and Clinical Legal Education in Poland
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the existing legal education system and development of clinical legal education in Poland, including the implications of the Bologna Process and other challenges for the law faculties as higher education institutions.