Tag: legal education

  • Access to justice: technology and the role of legal education – a grand convergence? (PM)

    Third and final keynote, this time given by Ron Staudt, of Chicago-Kent College of Law.  Ron is one of my legal ed tech heroes — he’s been involved since 1978, and in most of the major US tech projects since then.  I always go back to his work, and often find myself learning more about…

  • CLE15: Ethics in Action (PH)

    Full Title – Ethics in Action: Two PBL workshop sessions demonstrating the innovative way legal education can be delivered to enhance students’ consideration of access to justice issues. Our speaker is Jenny Gibbons who is a teaching fellow at York Law School, where guided-discovery PBL (as opposed to open-discovery) is the standard approach across their…

  • CLE15: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (PH)

    No, this is not a review of the day’s events, but the title of Prof. Janine Griffiths-Baker’s inaugural lecture. Full title:  The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Lawyers in Film and Fiction. Janine is Dean of the Law School, here at Nottingham Law School.  She is just being officially introduced by Prof. David Burdette. …

  • CLE15: Building a foundation for access to justice: unlocking the 1st year curriculum (PH)

    Dr Liz Hefferman, associate professor at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland is now talking to us and I’ve just scored my first handout of the day. Liz wants to talk about the re-design of the curriculum Foundations of Law course (used to be known as the Irish Legal System).  She identifies access to justice as something…

  • CLE15: Suppose the class began the day the case walked in the door (PH)

    Jennifer E Spreng from Arizona Summit Law School, USA.   Key point: the way we learn is inherently integrated, so we have to reflect this in the way we teach. I am being asked to imagine it’s my first day at law school and the tutor has told me a new client, Lee Taylor, is…

  • From agent to attorney: a niche profession and a trajectory for access for specialist justice

    We’re being worked hard — straight into the last session.  Jane Jarman up first in this parallel session, on the above topic, Trade Mark attorneys (TMAs).  It’s all about beer she says, Bass in England, with Lowenbrau and Stella (did I see her say 1366?) being the earliest know.  TMAs were formed 1934.  They (and…

  • CLE15: Keynote session by Simao Paxi-Cato

    Simao is speaking about The Role of Legal Education, Regulation and Government in Protecting Access to Justice.  He has opted to avoid Death by Powerpoint on the basis that ‘death works very well on its own’.   It’s a testament to the inability of lawyers to agree on anything, that our programme of presentations does…

  • Liveblogging

    M’ learned colleague Pamela Henderson is liveblogging the keynote we’re all attending.  It’s bliss — she’s busy typing away, I can lean back and listen and otherwise enjoy it.  The future of liveblogging is definitely TeamLiveblogging…  Meanwhile, here are Maharg’s Basic Rules for Liveblogging: PREPARATION Make sure the room has wireless connectivity Sit beside a power…

  • Developing oral skills in undergraduate students to enhance access to justice (PM)

    Pamela Henderson and Jo Boylan-Kemp on the above.  Why do oral skills matter?  Because of the arenas of client communication, interviewing, negotiation and mediation, mooting and advocacy.  At Notts Law School, the skills are developed in SCALE-UP modules, eg English Legal Method, Crime, etc from first to final year.  Jo described a student-led pedagogy, where skills…

  • CLE15: Paul Maharg falls victim to live blogging

    Full Title – Well being and learning: What legal educators and regulators can learn from progressive primary education.   Paul is asking:  How do we integrate in law school what is happening in the wider educational sphere?  How have law schools come to be as they are, educationally?  How have we been socialised into doing…

  • CLE 2015: Graham Ferris asks …

    Can the provision of legal services and legal education conflict when serving the idea of access to justice?   Access to justice and unmet legal need is not new and is a problem that most people involved in the law would like to resolve. Growing up, ‘court’ is when something bad happens to you so…

  • Conference: Legal Education and Access to Justice

    This conference is starting tomorrow at Nottingham Trent University Law School.  It’s organised by Professor Jane Ching and Jo Boylan-Kemp, Principal Lecturer in the Law School.  Around 50 or so attending internationally, and there are some great sessions planned.  In lieu of a conference page in the Centre for Legal Education website (it’s currently undergoing…