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Cornell Law Faculty Publications

2012

Clinical legal education

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Promoting Clinical Legal Education In India: A Case Study Of The Citizen Participation Clinic, Sital Kalantry, Elizabeth Brundige, Priya S. Gupta, Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic, Jindal Global Law School. Good Rural Governance And Citizen Participation Clinic Jul 2012

Promoting Clinical Legal Education In India: A Case Study Of The Citizen Participation Clinic, Sital Kalantry, Elizabeth Brundige, Priya S. Gupta, Cornell Law School. International Human Rights Clinic, Jindal Global Law School. Good Rural Governance And Citizen Participation Clinic

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This Report is the product of a unique collaboration between the Good Governance and Citizen Participation Clinic at Jindal Global Law School and the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School. Students based in the Jindal Global Law School (Sonipat, India) and Cornell Law School (Ithaca, N.Y.) participated in a joint class using videoconferencing technology from January to May, 2012 and worked on preparing the Report.

The Report points out that most law schools in India lack robust clinical legal education programs. Clinical legal education is essential to preparing law students to practice law effectively and promoting access …