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Back To Basics? University Legal Education And 21st Century Professionalism, Annie Rochette, W. Wesley Pue
Back To Basics? University Legal Education And 21st Century Professionalism, Annie Rochette, W. Wesley Pue
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This article probes the complexities surrounding trying to match law school curriculum with the needs of students intent on careers in the practice of law. It pursues the issue in three stages: 1) an assessment of a contemporary back to basics critique of legal education; 2)an empirical evaluation of actual student experiences and course selections at a major North American law school over the course of a decade; 3) an assessment of the 'fit' between existing legal education and the likely needs of future practitioners.
Globalization And Legal Education: Views From The Outside-In, W. Wesley Pue
Globalization And Legal Education: Views From The Outside-In, W. Wesley Pue
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During the past two decades a new, global, legal professionalism has manifested itself in the field of legal education through a variety of programmes seeking to produce globally-aware or globally-connected lawyers. This paper explores the diverse meanings of globalization and legal education with particular attention to the differential effects of globalization and the varied experiences of it in different parts of the world. Taking its starting point from a Nigerian graduate student's insight that globalization means 'The White Man is Coming again'. What does he want this time?, he explores both American and international perspectives.