Educating law students for rural and regional legal practice: embedding place consciousness in law curricula
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Article Title | Educating law students for rural and regional legal practice: embedding place consciousness in law curricula |
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ERA Journal ID | 17315 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Kennedy, Amanda (Author), Mundy, Trish (Author), Nielsen, Jennifer (Author), Hart, Caroline (Author), Coverdale, Richard (Author), Mortensen, Reid (Author), Smith-Ruig, Theresa (Author) and Macken, Claire (Author) |
Journal Title | Legal Education Review |
Journal Citation | 24 (1), pp. 7-28 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISSN | 1033-2839 |
1839-3713 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.53300/001c.6282 |
Web Address (URL) | https://ler.scholasticahq.com/article/6282-educating-law-students-for-rural-and-regional-legal-practice-embedding-place-consciousness-in-law-curricula |
Abstract | As with other professions, the declining rates of recruitment and retention of lawyers in rural and regional Australia is of significant concern. Whilst the causes Largely oriented towards substantive content to satisfy external accrediting bodies, undergraduate legal education does not typically acknowledge the ‘places’ in which graduates will practice as professionals. This article argues however that there is scope to incorporate place within legal education, and documents an innovative curriculum development project which embeds place consciousness to better prepare law students for employment in rural and regional legal practice. Drawing upon methods from other disciplines, the project team designed a |
Keywords | legal education, rural and regional legal practice |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 480505. Legal practice, lawyering and the legal profession |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of New England |
University of Wollongong | |
Southern Cross University | |
School of Law and Justice | |
Deakin University | |
La Trobe University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q300y/educating-law-students-for-rural-and-regional-legal-practice-embedding-place-consciousness-in-law-curricula
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