scholarly journals The role of clinical legal education in developing ethical legal professionals

De Jure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
M A (Riette) du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Training ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Constructive Feedback ◽  
High Degree

Training in legal professionalism and ethics is a vital part of any legal education. Teaching these aspects according to the Socratic method generally proves to be ineffective in producing the desired result. A lawyer's actual life experience, which include happiness and career satisfaction, is rarely included. This article will explore on what it means to be an ethical human being and consider the teaching of professionalism and ethics by way of the clinical legal education methodology. Clinics have particular riches to offer and discussing professionalism, values and ethics in a clinical setting can assist students to begin to identify their own professional sense. University law clinics serve as a role model in legal practice about how a legal practitioner should behave and what ethical decision-making means. The link between culture and ethics, which informs a person's sense of morality and ethics, is explored, with application to diversity and multiculturalism. In clinical context, students assume a high degree of responsibility by taking instructions from clients and they will benefit from cooperative learning where they will begin to develop a deep understanding of professionalism and ethical practice. Through tutorials and debriefing sessions and later in their reflection assignments, students discuss and reflect on aspects of the law, the legal system, their own interviewing skills and the experience of the client. In their reflection assignments, students readily identify areas for improvement but also refer to what they are able to achieve in their interview, building their motivation and sense of autonomy. Ongoing reflection and constructive feedback thereon will support a commitment to ethical and professionally competent, self-directed and autonomous lawyering. Clinical training affords students the opportunity to explore their legal professional and ethical behaviours and values, allowing them to develop in capable, self-directed and independent practitioners who will not only assume responsibility for their individual clients, but also contribute to their communities.

scholarly journals Pushing The Boundaries or Preserving the Status Quo? Designing Clinical Programs to Teach Law Students a Deep Understanding of Ethical Practice

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Curran ◽  
Judith Dickson ◽  
Mary Anne Noone
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
The Status ◽  
Ethics Teaching

The clinical legal education environment is one that is ripe with professional and ethical situations. Students involved in this educational experience inevitably are exposed to ethical dilemmas and choices. In this paper we examine the role played by clinical legal education programs in the development of ethical awareness among those law students. Within the context of the well documented concerns in the wider legal profession as to the standard of ethics teaching and ethical practice we assert that the clinical environment provides a rich opportunity for a deep learning experience about the nature and extent of a legal practitioner’s professional and ethical responsibilities.

On the knowledge education of law practice teaching in law education

2021 ◽  
pp. 002072092110134
Author(s):  
Xiaoyi Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Knowledge ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Teaching Principles ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Complex Knowledge

Legal knowledge is boring, and some content is not related to their life experience. To impart such complex knowledge to students, as a teacher, you must improve your professional skills, actively explore, learn, and find the best teaching methods. Only in this way can the students’ understanding of legal knowledge and thinking ability be expanded, and the boring legal knowledge can be more specific, visualized, popular, life-oriented, and easy to understand, so that students can master and understand legal knowledge and transform it into their own practical actions. This article is mainly aimed at the conditions created by the current social practice of law students by enterprises and institutions in the society, as well as the knowledge teaching situation of law practice teaching in law education during school. It emphasizes the importance of knowledge education in legal practice teaching, and calls on schools to increase investment in time teaching. All the teachers and students are required. This article scientifically and comprehensively interprets the knowledge education situation of legal practice teaching in our country’s legal education. Especially the intuitive analysis, in the process of knowledge education, the teaching methods adopted the teaching principles to follow and other issues. It makes everyone more clearly and straightforwardly aware of the positive significance of the knowledge education of legal practice teaching in legal education for the cultivation of talents. Through the discussion of the problems, this article knows the importance of constructing a reasonable teaching model of law. Among them, practical teaching knowledge education is very beneficial to students and has a profound impact on students’ future employment. The experimental results show that the traditional legal education training is not to abandon all, but to effectively integrate with the current teaching tasks and training objectives, so as to truly train students into comprehensive all-round legal professionals.

scholarly journals Health student regard for substance-using patients as measured by the Medical Condition Regard Scale: a systematic review

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ducray ◽  
M. Pilch
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Training ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Personal Exposure ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Drug Problems ◽  
The Impact

ObjectivesAs clinical impartiality is an accepted basic principle of ethical practice, any proactive exercises that may inform selection, training, clinical placements, and other interventions, which promote future positive and equitable professional conduct, thus guarding against future discriminatory attitudes are germane. Within this context, the purpose of this review was to identify trends and patterns in health student, namely future practitioners’, regard for substance-using patients using the Medical Condition Regard Scale.MethodsSix electronic databases were systematically searched for studies that used the Medical Condition Regard Scale as an outcome measure in assessing health student regard for drug-using patients. Academics who had published in this area were also consulted to recommend texts that would complement the above citation sourcing process. Following an elimination of duplicates, the application of inclusion and exclusion criteria, as well as conducting citation searches, 16 studies were incorporated in the final review. Although the quality of all included studies was satisfactory, no study was free from a potential source of bias.ResultsThis review found that patients with drug-use problems were consistently held in the lowest echelons of regard by trainee health practitioners. The impact of sex, age, year of course, and personal exposure to mental health difficulties in predicting negative regard was unclear.ConclusionsUnless addressed, patients with drug problems may have a high potential for future treatment marginalisation by tomorrow’s health professionals. This scenario needs to be proactively managed by all stakeholders through a greater investment in educational and clinical training placement opportunities.

scholarly journals Acknowledging the relevance of empathy in clinical legal education. Some proposals from the experience of the University of Brescia (IT) and Valencia (ESP)

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Andrés Gascón-Cuenca ◽  
Carla Ghitti ◽  
Francesca Malzani
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Social Diversity ◽  
The People ◽  
Training Plan ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The University ◽  
Great Development

Legal Clinical Education is experiencing a great development in the Spanish and the Italian university context. Nevertheless, it comes with new challenges that professors have not faced until now: students working in the field with people in situations of vulnerability or in complex realities. Given that one of the major goals of CLE is the preparation not only of professionals for the practice of law, but also people concerned about social justice and social diversity, this piece of research looks into the significance of working with students about the key role that empathy plays in the development of their relation with the people they assist. Moreover, we will suggest some activities to be introduced in the clinical training plan with this purpose, and lastly, we will construct some final thoughts about this research and the feedback we obtain from our clinical colleagues.

Manchukuo’s Contested Sovereignty: Legal Activism, Rights Consciousness, and Civil Resistance in a “Puppet State”

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-376
Author(s):  
Ryan MITCHELL
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Legal Rhetoric ◽  
State Repression ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Civil Resistance ◽  
National Affiliation ◽  
Resistance Movement ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Rights Consciousness ◽  
Political Realities

AbstractThough often viewed as a mere stepping stone in Japan’s gradual early-twentieth-century military and economic encroachment on China, the “puppet state” of Manchukuo was also paradoxically characterized by a high degree of legitimizing legal rhetoric. While its political realities generally failed to reflect these idealized foundations, the latter did provide significant space for legal and other forms of civil society resistance, including by Chinese legal professionals. The germinal resistance movement of these actors demonstrates a complex relationship between the concepts of sovereignty, law, and national affiliation, both in the context of state repression and in the overlapping demands of competing identities. Though various theoretical understandings of resistance help to illuminate this activism, it is perhaps best seen as a radical challenge to the regime’s power to define the norms and exceptions of political and social life.

Establishment of Lawyers’ Academy to Promote Legal Education— The Need of the Day

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
Madhubrata Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Legal Education ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
High Time ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Ignorance Of Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
Made In

The imparting of legal education has passed through a number of phases throughout its development, but it is still in need of more promotion regarding its various perspectives. People from different strata of the society still consider the legal profession as a last resort, sometimes due to lack of awareness and sometimes due to lack of proper education. The poor performance of the institutions imparting legal education can also be considered as an additional factor to this issue. At such a juncture, it is high time to establish such an institution that would work for the promotion of legal education as well as to train the budding lawyers of the country regarding the sanctity of legal profession so as to make this profession the most alluring one amongst the law graduates. Only establishment of a lawyers’ academy will not suffice; it should get the patronization of senior advocates, judges and academicians of high repute. ‘Law’ has always acquired a distinct position in the mythology and history of Indian culture, be in one form or other, and people have often been punished for ignorance of law. Still no remarkable development has been made in the imparting of legal education, and now it is high time to think of the matter seriously, and instead of promoting for legal process outsourcing by our legal professionals for foreign countries, let more and more opportunities be created by our own country to accommodate these professionals to serve our own country.

The Significant Life Experiences (SLEs) of Humane Educators

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Significant Life ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Significant Life Experiences

AbstractThis study provides evidence of the significant life experiences (SLEs), which influence advocates for nonhuman animals to develop sensitivity toward animals. Thirty-nine humane educators participated in an online survey. Findings indicate that having a relationship with a companion animal in adulthood is the most important life experience, followed by having a childhood experience with an animal, being exposed to a positive role model in childhood, and reading about animals and animal issues. The study did not find age and gender related differences in life experiences. This paper compares the results from this study to two previous studies. The first study examined the SLEs of animal advocate leaders through analysis of autobiographies, biographies, oral histories, and written interviews. The second study examined the SLEs of animal rescuers through an open-ended survey. This paper discusses similarities and differences among these three groups.

scholarly journals Pendidikan Hukum Masyarakat Melalui Kinerja Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Usman Alhudawi ◽  
Ismi Sujastika
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Data Display ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Literary Sources

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in addition to law enforcement agencies in the scope of corruption, also has a role to carry out anti-corruption education through legal education. The implementation of legal education is carried out in educational institutions and the community. This article describes the specifics of public legal education by the KPK through the KPK's performance from various literary sources. The research method used is qualitative. This research was conducted with a literature study with qualitative data collection techniques in the form of literature study (literature). Meanwhile, the data analysis process used is data reduction, data display, verification and conclusion drawing. The results show that the performance of legal education is given to students and the public. Due to the generality nature of legal education by the KPK, it becomes a role model for legal certainty in the community. This can be seen when the KPK has conveyed its wide-ranging performance in various mass media to provide meaning and experience in monitoring the implementation of national law by the public.---------------Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) selain lembaga penegak hukum pada ruang lingkup tindak pidana korupsi, juga memiliki peran untuk melakukan pendidikan anti korupsi melalui pendidikan hukum. Pelaksanaan pendidikan hukum dilakukan di lembaga pendidikan dan dimasyarakat. Artikel ini membentangkan secara spesifik pendidikan hukum masyarakat oleh KPK melalui kinerja KPK dari berbagai sumber literatur. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan studi literatur dengan teknik pengumpulan data kualitatif berupa studi pustaka (literatur). Sementara itu, proses analisis data yang digunakan adalan reduksi data, display data, verifikasi dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil menunjukan bahwa kinerja pendidikan hukum diberikan untuk kalangan pelajar dan mahasiswa serta masyarakat. Karena sifat keumuman Pendidikan hukum oleh KPK menjadi role model kepastian hukum masyarakat. Hal tersebut tampak tatkalah KPK menyampaikan kinerjanya luas diberbagai media massa sehingga memberi makna dan pengalaman memantau pelaksanaan hukum nasional oleh masyarakat.

scholarly journals THE NARRATIVE COMPONENT OF THE LIFE SCRIPTS ANALYSYS

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-108
Author(s):  
Inokentii Korniienko
Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Narrative Psychology ◽  
Narrative Structures ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
Narrative Interview ◽  
Life Scripts ◽  
Life Path ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Narrative Interviewing

The article is devoted to the analysis of awareness in life scripts based on verbalization of life experience by the subject in the process of narrative interview. A narrative approach aims to make visible phenomena which has already shaped our identity. The purpose of the article is research of narrative psychology opportunities for understanding by the individual the existing life scenario and possibilities of its freeing and expanding, building an autonomous life path, full of responsibility and creativity. It has been pointed out that according to the representatives of the transactional analysis theory the life scenario influences the life path of the personality. The comedy, the victory of life over death, romance, idealization of the past and traditions; tragedy, that shows the defeat of the hero and his expulsion from the society; irony which is to question all previous narrative structures were distinguished as the narrative structures of personality. It has been discussed that the study of the life scenario has its difficulties and limitations. The use of narrative interviewing creates wide opportunities for a deep understanding of the specifics of the individual’s life scenario. The use of this method allows to determine the scriptural beliefs of the person, the further analysis of which is a prerequisite for understanding and correcting the scripted life path.

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