The ethics project in legal education

Edited book


Robertson, Michael, Corbin, Lillian, Tranter, Kieran and Bartlett, Francesca (ed.) 2011. The ethics project in legal education. London, England. Routledge.
Book Title

The ethics project in legal education

Book CategoryEdited book
ERA Publisher ID3137
EditorsRobertson, Michael, Corbin, Lillian, Tranter, Kieran and Bartlett, Francesca
Number of Pages238
SeriesRoutledge Research in Legal Ethics
Year2011
PublisherRoutledge
Place of PublicationLondon, England
ISBN9780415546515
9780203840856
Web Address (URL)http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415546515/
Abstract

[Publisher Description]:
The contributions in this volume suggest that 'the ethics project in legal education' is increasingly an international one. Even though the strength of commitment by both the profession and the legal academy to 'ethics learning' within law schools varies, two fundamental questions confront all who work in this area. First, what is it that we want our students to learn (or, perhaps, in what manner do we want our students to develop) from the teaching of 'legal ethics'? Second, how can we create a learning environment that will encourage the nature and quality of learning we think is important?

All the contributors to this volume take a strong stand on the importance of ethical legal practice and the role of law schools in developing students’ capacities in this area. They share a belief in the essential need to encourage law students to engage with the moral dimensions of legal practice. The questions that these scholars grapple with are therefore not of the 'should we be teaching this?' variety, but 'how might we best to go about doing this, so that our efforts within law schools really make some difference?' Each of the chapters in this volume adds uniquely to our understanding of these matters.

Keywordsethics; legal education
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020480505. Legal practice, lawyering and the legal profession
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Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
Byline AffiliationsSchool of Law
Griffith University
University of Queensland
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