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Not So Dangerous Liaisons: A Clinical Perspective On Interdisciplinarity, Judith Mccormack
Not So Dangerous Liaisons: A Clinical Perspective On Interdisciplinarity, Judith Mccormack
Journal of Law and Social Policy
Clinical education represents a site where conflicting accounts of law are at maximum tension, in part because the clinical experience tends to highlight the startling contrast between the narratives and social realities of law. While this contrast provides some of the fodder for the critical exploration that characterizes clinical education, the idiosyncratic shape of law as a discipline means that much of what students require to handle that fodder in a rigorous, analytical way is located elsewhere. A clinical lens indicates that exposing students to interdisciplinary perspectives is crucial if students are to be able to understand and engage with …