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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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Collaborating with other Disciplines: Best Practice For Legal Clinics - A Case Study of the Women’s Law Clinic, University of Ibadan Nigeria
TL;DR: The women's law clinic at the University of Ibadan as mentioned in this paper has been noted that many clients in the Women's Law Clinic (WLC) not only have problems tagged as legal, but problems closely related to other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, medicine, counselling and social works.
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Epitome of Legal Aid History in the United States 1876-1925
TL;DR: The German Society of American Citizens of German birth as mentioned in this paper was formed to protect German immigrants from the rapacity of runners, boarding-house keepers and other sharpers in the United States.
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The Legal Clinic: What It Does for the Law Student:
TL;DR: The legal clinic trains the embryo lawyer in the practical use of the law he has learned, and familiarizes him with courts and with the details of office practice, which qualifies him to start sooner on an independent career or to be more speedily useful as assistant in a lawyer's office.