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Reflections On Us Involvement In The Promotion Of Clinical Legal Education In Europe, Philip Genty
Reflections On Us Involvement In The Promotion Of Clinical Legal Education In Europe, Philip Genty
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What is the influence of the United States on European clinical legal education? The first reaction of many would be that this is not a particularly difficult question to answer. After all, clinical legal education is largely a US invention. Although one can find early examples of clinics in European law schools, the large-scale development of law school clinical education happened in the United States beginning in the 1960s. At present, there are clinical programs in each of the 207 American Bar Association (ABA)-approved US law schools. The Clinical Legal Education Association now lists 1,325 clinical teachers in its membership …