Tag: regulation
-
Parallel session 1
I attended Alex Roy (LSB), and Prof Rob Wilson (Warwick U, LETR consultant) on Identifying and Developing the Future Workforce. Alex kicked off: large number of firms, mostly small (2-4 partners — over 20% of the workforce re solicitors, much larger proportion of law firms in E+W), few large firms. Turnover looks like the internet…
-
BILETA Conference, Chris Reed keynote
Battery was flat, no free p/point in main hall, so had to hand-write these notes, then type & upload later. Strange experience, writing… I think it might catch on. Chris began his keynote on why laws fail in cyberspace by giving us examples of laws and lawmaking & lawbreaking, particularly in cyberspace. In general, he…
-
BILETA Conference, Richard Susskind keynote
Richard Susskind now on giving his keynote lecture — ‘What are we training young lawyers to become?’ Overview: the past biletas… three drivers, case studies, lawyer…? and finally legal education. Richard has given 3 bileta keynotes: expert systems (1980s), shift in paradigm (1990s), online legal service (2000s). His work reflects predominant concerns of the decades.…
-
BILETA2012: conference essay
‘Too many laws, too few examples’. Our conference theme is a quotation from the French revolutionary, Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just. It goes to the heart of a long debate about regulation – how best to regulate human activities, and inspire good conduct. Saint-Just was in no doubt: he states the case in words…
-
LETR draft literature review now available
We’ve just made public the draft version of the literature review for the Legal Education & Training Review — see the Literature Review page on the LETR project website. More information below the fold.