- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The Global Reach Of Clinical Legal Education
- 1 The First Wave of Modern Clinical Legal Education: The United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia
- 2 Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and Community Service
- 3 The Clinical Movement in Southeast Asia and India: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons to be Learned
- 4 Clinical Legal Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Selected Case Studies
- 5 Clinical Legal Education in Latin America: Toward Public Interest
- 6 The “Chinese Characteristics” of: Clinical Legal Education
- 7 Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- 8 The Bologna Process and the Future of Clinical Education in Europe: A View from Spain
- 9 Beyond Legal Imperialism: US Clinical Legal Education and the New Law and Development
- Part II The Justice Mission of Global Clinical Education
- 10 Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education
- 11 Community Law Clinics: Teaching Students, Working with Disadvantaged Communities
- 12 Addressing Lawyer Competence, Ethics, and Professionalism
- 13 The Impact of Public Interest Law on Legal Education
- 14 Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- 15 Street Law and Social Justice Education
- 16 Legal Literacy Projectsc: Linical Experience of Empowering the Poor in India
- 17 Advancing Social Justice Through ADR and Clinical Legal Education in India, South Africa, and The United States
- Part III The Global Clinical Movement and Educating Lawyers for Social Justice
- 18 The Global Clinical Movement
- 19 The Role Of National and Regional Clinical Organizations in the Global Clinical Movement
- 20 Bridging Different Interests: The Contributions of Clinics to Legal Education
- 21 Clinical Scholarship and the Development of the Global Clinical Movement
- 22 Externships: A Special Focus to Help Understand and Advance Social Justice
- 23 Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement
- 24 Normative Attractions to Law and Their Recipe for Accountability and Self-Assessment in Justice Education
- 25 The Global Alliance for Justice Education
- Index
Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- Chapter:
- (p.211) 14 Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- Source:
- The Global Clinical Movement
- Author(s):
LES MCCRIMMON
EDWARD SANTOW
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter discusses, in the context of institutional law reform and direct social justice advocacy, why law students should become involved in law reform, arguing that law schools should do more than equip their students to be good legal technicians. Law schools should also instil in their students an understanding of, as well as a commitment to, what the law should be in a just society. In particular, the chapter consider two law reform oriented projects that adopt elements of the clinical method to inculcate in law students a broader understanding of the role practicing lawyers can play to achieve systemic justice: the internship program at the Australian Law Reform Commission, and the Social Justice Advocacy Project housed within the University of New South Wales Law Faculty.
Keywords: legal technicians, clinical method, internship, law reform, Australian Law Reform Commission, just society, social justice, advocacy, systemic justice
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I The Global Reach Of Clinical Legal Education
- 1 The First Wave of Modern Clinical Legal Education: The United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia
- 2 Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and Community Service
- 3 The Clinical Movement in Southeast Asia and India: A Comparative Perspective and Lessons to be Learned
- 4 Clinical Legal Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Selected Case Studies
- 5 Clinical Legal Education in Latin America: Toward Public Interest
- 6 The “Chinese Characteristics” of: Clinical Legal Education
- 7 Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow
- 8 The Bologna Process and the Future of Clinical Education in Europe: A View from Spain
- 9 Beyond Legal Imperialism: US Clinical Legal Education and the New Law and Development
- Part II The Justice Mission of Global Clinical Education
- 10 Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education
- 11 Community Law Clinics: Teaching Students, Working with Disadvantaged Communities
- 12 Addressing Lawyer Competence, Ethics, and Professionalism
- 13 The Impact of Public Interest Law on Legal Education
- 14 Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method
- 15 Street Law and Social Justice Education
- 16 Legal Literacy Projectsc: Linical Experience of Empowering the Poor in India
- 17 Advancing Social Justice Through ADR and Clinical Legal Education in India, South Africa, and The United States
- Part III The Global Clinical Movement and Educating Lawyers for Social Justice
- 18 The Global Clinical Movement
- 19 The Role Of National and Regional Clinical Organizations in the Global Clinical Movement
- 20 Bridging Different Interests: The Contributions of Clinics to Legal Education
- 21 Clinical Scholarship and the Development of the Global Clinical Movement
- 22 Externships: A Special Focus to Help Understand and Advance Social Justice
- 23 Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement
- 24 Normative Attractions to Law and Their Recipe for Accountability and Self-Assessment in Justice Education
- 25 The Global Alliance for Justice Education
- Index