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Legal Education Reform In Africa: Time To Revisit The Two-Tier Legal Education System, Okechukwu Oko
Legal Education Reform In Africa: Time To Revisit The Two-Tier Legal Education System, Okechukwu Oko
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
The two-tier legal education system has become increasingly ineffective by virtue of the evolution of changes in legal practice and Africa’s unique conditions and circumstances. The problem is rooted in the fact that some African countries adopted the two-tier legal education system on the assumption that what worked in Britain offered a prescription for success in Africa. However, the two-tier legal education system has been ineffective in Africa because the infrastructure—pupilage, apprenticeship, continuing legal education—that complements and anneals it is not widely available in Africa. Where these elements exist, they tend to be frail and unreliable. Africa’s urgent challenge is …
Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge
Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge
University of Miami Law Review
The general decline in juris doctor (“J.D.”) law school applicants and enrollment over the last decade has coincided with the rise of a new breed of law degree. Whether known as master of jurisprudence, juris master, master of legal studies, or other names, these graduate degrees all have a target audience in common: adult professionals who neither are nor seek to become practicing attorneys. Inside legal academia and among the practicing bar, these degrees have been accompanied by expressed concerns that they detract from the traditional core public mission of law schools—educating lawyers. This Article argues that non-lawyer master’s programs …
“So Teacher, What Is The Right Answer?” Incorporating Critical Thinking Into The Mexican Legal Education: The Application Of The Us Model, Dr. Ying Chen
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann
Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann
University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
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Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion
Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion
University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
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