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Response To The Consultation Paper Of The Task Force On The Canadian Common Law Degree Of The Federation Of Law Societies Of Canada, Canadian Association Of Law Teachers/Canadian Law And Society Association, Richard Devlin Frsc, Hester Lessard, Roderick A. Macdonald, Diana Majury, Annie Rochette Jan 2010

Response To The Consultation Paper Of The Task Force On The Canadian Common Law Degree Of The Federation Of Law Societies Of Canada, Canadian Association Of Law Teachers/Canadian Law And Society Association, Richard Devlin Frsc, Hester Lessard, Roderick A. Macdonald, Diana Majury, Annie Rochette

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This Response to the Consultation Paper of the Task Force on the Canadian Common Law Degree (the Task Force) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada was prepared by a joint Committee of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) and the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA).


'...And The Learners Shall Inherit The Earth': Continuing Professional Development, Life Long Learning And Legal Ethics Education, Richard Devlin, Jocelyn Downie Jan 2010

'...And The Learners Shall Inherit The Earth': Continuing Professional Development, Life Long Learning And Legal Ethics Education, Richard Devlin, Jocelyn Downie

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After many years of debate and resistance the Canadian legal profession is finally accepting that compulsory professional development is a necessity. We argue that as the legal profession begins to design and deliver these programmes it should take into consideration the insights of the educational literature on lifelong learning. By way of a concrete example we explore the ways in which lifelong learning theory can inform the design and delivery of legal ethics education.