Australian University Law Libraries

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 424-428
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pengelley
Keyword(s):  
Law Schools ◽  
Law Student ◽  
The University ◽  
Law Degree ◽  
The Prestige

Until a few years ago there were only 12 law schools in this country. That number has now grown to 28 with rumours of more, and with the additional introduction of programmes like those run by the University of London. Law student numbers in Australia country have risen by over 60% since 1987. It can be, and has been, argued that this is simply too many for our resources and many of the newer law schools were established more with an eye to the prestige of having a law degree within the institution.

Affirmative Action and Aboriginal Government: The Case for Legal Education in Nunavut

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education Gap ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe Nunavut Land Claim Agreement commits federal and territorial governments to the recruitment and training of Inuit for positions throughout government. In the justice sector, there is currently a major shortage of Inuit lawyers or future judges. However, there also appears to be a fundamental mismatch between what existing law schools offer and what Inuit students are prepared to accept. A northern-based law school might remedy some of these problems. However, support for a law school requires un-thinking certain key tenets of legal education as we know it in Canada. In particular, it may require a step outside the university-based law school system. Universities appear to be accepted as the exclusive guardian of the concept of academic standards. Admission standards, in particular, serve as both a positivist technology of exclusion, and a political rationale for the persistence of majoritarian institutions as the major means of training members of disadvantaged communities. Distinctive institutions – eventually working with university-based law schools – have the potential to help bridge the education gap between Inuit and other Canadians. In so doing, they have the potential to train a critical mass of Inuit to meaningfully adapt the justice system to become a pillar of the public government in the Inuit homeland of Nunavut.

Baylor University’s Football Stadia: Life Before McLane Stadium

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Chad Seifried ◽  
Tiffany E. Demiris ◽  
Jeffrey Petersen
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Factors ◽  
College Football ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Commercial Interest ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
The Prestige

The present study offers a descriptive history of the football grounds at Baylor from 1894 to 2014. The current review identifies important individuals and notable events that impacted the football facilities at Baylor. Moreover, the contextual factors influencing each period of change were recognized, and it was determined if Baylor’s facilities followed the pattern of other regional peers. In the case of Baylor, football ultimately created social anchors for the institution and Waco because the increasing popularity and commercial interest in college football produced spectacles capable of providing a unique campus spirit. Next, the spectacle of football and spirit both established and improved alumni relationships and corresponded with interest in elevating the prestige of the university and city to attract students, visitors, and businesses to operate in the area. Finally, the construction of various Baylor football playing grounds produced significant media attention capable of boosting enrollments and recognition that Baylor was a major university.

15. Exams and Revision

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imogen Moore ◽  
Craig Newbery-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Law Schools ◽  
Knowing How ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Law Student

Exams are the most common form of assessment in UK law schools, and the student will almost inevitably sit quite a few of them during their legal studies. A successful law student wants their success reflected in their results — and exams will make up a big part of those results. By understanding the format of exams, knowing how best to prepare for them, and thinking about effective approaches to them, the student can approach exams calmly and be in the best possible position to achieve the results they feel that they deserve. This chapter looks at all these things, with hints and tips on things to do and things to avoid in revision, preparation, and exam.

10. Thinking Like a Lawyer: Critical Thinking and Legal Analysis

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imogen Moore ◽  
Craig Newbery-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Student ◽  
Law Degree ◽  
Different Parts

The successful law student needs to be able to place the law in context, analyse its effects on different parts of society, apply these rules to different problems, and reflect upon the suitability of both individual laws and the law as an institution. This ability to think critically and undertake broad and deep legal analysis is important to becoming a lawyer, but is also valuable for any other career. This chapter explores the importance of critical thinking to the law degree and beyond, and looks at how the student can bring analysis and criticism into their work. It considers techniques for problem solving and essay writing, and the importance of constructing arguments balancing ‘content’ and ‘thought’.

Interview with John Drake

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-14
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Career Counsellor ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Law Degree

John Drake is a previous editor of the Australian Career Counsellor and a long-time member of the Career Development Association of Australia. In his earlier careers he has been involved in medical science and in particular thoracic medicine (cardio and respiratory); in the education, training and careers area of the public service; and is now in private practice as a writer, editor and careers counsellor. He studied science and education at the University of Technology, Sydney; arts and science at the University of Sydney; and human resources at Southern Cross University. He is currently completing a law degree at the University of New England.

Teaching Legal Research in Canadian Law Schools: Are We Meeting the Needs of the Profession?

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Hard Copy ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Canadian Law ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
The University ◽  
Electronic Sources

AbstractIn this philosophical article John Eaton from the University of Manitoba recounts the current legal education system in Canada and reflects on the issues involved in teaching legal research skills, including problems with where to base the training within the curriculum, and difficulties encountered in the migration from hard copy research, to current students' predilections for using electronic sources. Whilst based on the Canadian process his article has a wider application in relation to the “Google-generation” of students.

Why Study Law? The Relevance of Legal Information to the Law Student, Researcher and Practitioner

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Virgo
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Memorial Lecture ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
Key Skills ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Law Student ◽  
Law Degree

AbstractProfessor Graham Virgo, in delivering the 3rd Willi Steiner Memorial Lecture, asks if it is possible to become a legal practitioner in England and Wales without having studied Law as an academic discipline. Is there any point in studying for a Law degree? Students study any academic subject to acquire knowledge and to develop key skills. This is just as true of students studying Law. But is the knowledge acquired by a Law student and the skills which they develop really of benefit to them in legal practice? Crucially, what can the managers of legal information do to support the particular needs of Law students and academic researchers?

Reviews in Medical Ethics: The Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects, Carl Coleman, Jerry Menikoff, Jesse Goldner, and Nancy Dubler, eds., (LexisNexis) 2005

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 465-466
Author(s):  
David B. Resnik
Keyword(s):  
Human Subjects ◽  
Albert Einstein College ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
University Of Kansas ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Saint Louis ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Saint Louis University ◽  
The University

The Ethics and Regulation of Research with Human Subjects, edited by Professors Carl Coleman of Seton Hall, Jerry Menikoff of the University of Kansas, Jesse Goldner of Saint Louis University, and Nancy Dubler of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is an up-to-date and authoritative collection of readings on ethical, legal, and policy issues in research with human subjects. The authors have modeled their text on the casebook style commonly used in law schools. At 746 pages, plus front matter and an appendix, this book contains just about everything one needs to know for a thorough grasp on human subjects research, including federal and state regulations governing this research, interpretive guidance from federal agencies, international guidelines and codes, court decisions, historical documents and case studies, and selected readings from scholarly articles and books. The book includes written comments and questions to help students understand and interpret the readings.

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