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Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education

Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education

Name: Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035302925
Price: 2900.30 HKD
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Author: Fiona Cownie; Anthony Bradney; Emma Jones
ISBN: 9781035302925

Edited by Fiona Cownie · Anthony Bradney · Emma Jones

Edward Elgar Publishing January 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781035302925
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: January 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This Concise Encyclopedia provides a thorough overview of legal education and explores diverse topics including the use of digital skills in law schools, and the intersection between law and economics and law and humanities. Carefully curated, it presents an invaluable survey of legal pedagogy.

Incisive and informative, the Encyclopedia considers different jurisdictions around the world, dissecting the history, contemporary situation and regulation of legal education and enabling the reader to make global comparisons. Entries include analyses of topics including pro-bono initiatives and public legal education in prisons. They cover key perspectives and approaches, from the traditional to the innovative and experimental, such as AI and game-based learning.

The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education is an essential resource for students and academics interested in law and society, legal education, and teaching methods in law. Its content will also be of value to other professionals and practitioners in the field.

Key Features:

Over 110 entries written by leading scholars and practitioners in the field
Cross-referencing to help link themes and perspectives
A range of contemporary topics that highlight different approaches to legal education across Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Oceania

Preface xiii; 1.
Academic skills in legal education 1: Jessica Guth; 2.
Adjunct professors and legal pracademics 4: Fiona Cownie; 3.
AI literacies in legal education 7: Ann Thanaraj; 4.
Alternative Dispute: Resolution and legal education 11; Ben Waters; 5.
Argentina (contemporary legal education) 15: Carlos Lista; 6.
Argentina (history of legal education) 19: Carlos Lista; 7.
Argentina (regulation of contemporary legal education) 23: Martin Böhmer; 8.
Assessment in legal education 27: Annie Rochette and Gemma Smyth; 9.
Australia (contemporary legal education) 30: Alex Steel; 10.
Australia (history of university legal education) 35: Susan Bartie; 11.
Australia (regulation of legal education) 38: Alex Steel; 12.
Building community in the law school classroom 41: Susan L Brooks; 13.
Canada (contemporary legal education) 46: David Sandomierski; 14.
Canada (history of legal education) 50: Philip Girard; 15.
Canada (regulation of legal education) 54: Annie Rochette; 16.
Children, schools and legal education 57: Dawn Watkins and Abiodun; Michael Olatokun; 17.
China (contemporary legal education) 60: Ling Zhou; 18.
China (history of legal education) 64: Michael Palmer; 19.
China (regulation of legal education) 68: Ling Zhou; 20.
Class in legal education 72: Jessica Guth; 21.
Client interviewing in legal education 76: Dionne Cruickshank; 22.
Clinical legal education (for commerce) 79: Elaine Gregersen; 23.
Clinical legal education (for individuals) 82: Omar Madhloom; 24.
Clinical legal education (overview) 85: Sean Arthurs; 25.
Clinicians in legal education 88: Linden Thomas; 26.
Comparative legal education 92: Fiona Cownie; 27.
Contemplative practices in legal education 96: Anthony Cullen; 28.
Continuing professional development of legal professionals 99: Pamela Henderson; 29.
Creativity in legal education 103: Emma Jones; 30.
Critical legal studies 106: Ben Golder; 31.
Decolonising the legal curriculum 110: Shaimaa Abdelkarim; 32.
Design in legal education 115: Michael Doherty; 33.
Digital learning and legal education 119: Adrien Habermacher; 34.
Digital skills in legal education 123: Benedict Turner; 35.
Disability and legal education 126: Elisabeth Griffiths; 36.
Doctrinal legal education 130: Stephen Bailey; 37.
Emeriti positions 134: Carel Stolker; 38.
Emotions and soft skills in legal education 138: Emma Jones; 39.
Employability and legal education 141: Kate Galloway; 40.
England (contemporary legal education) 144: Avrom Sherr; 41.
England (history of legal education) 148: David Sugarman; 42.
England (regulation of legal education) 152: Steven Vaughan; 43.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and the law school 156: Peter Burdon; 44.
Ethnicity and legal education 159: Peter Burdon; 45.
Feminist legal education 162: Rosemary Auchmuty; 46.
France (contemporary legal education) 166: Sophie Boyron and Catherine Vincent; 47.
France (history of legal education) 169: Jean-Louis Halpérin; 48.
France (regulation of legal education) 172: Sophie Boyron and Catherine Vincent; 49.
Further education 176: Carol Edwards and Andrew Maxfield; 50.
Game based learning in legal education 179: Steven Montagu-Cairns; 51.
Gender and the law school 182: Lisa Webley; 52.
Germany (contemporary legal education) 186: Ulrike Schultz; 53.
History of legal education: in Germany 190; Emanuel V. Towfigh; 54.
Germany (regulation of legal education) 194: Emanuel V. Towfigh; 55.
Health justice partnerships 198: Caroline Strevens; 56.
Higher education 201: Julian Webb; 57.
India (contemporary legal education) 205: Shuvro Prosun Sarker and Prakash Sharma; 58.
India (history of legal education) 208: Shuvro Prosun Sarker and Prakash Sharma; 59.
India (regulation of legal education) 212: Shuvro Prosun Sarker and Prakash Sharma; 60.
Indigenous legal education 214: David Milward; 61.
Law and economics 217: Sebastian Peyer and Morten Hviid; 62.
Law and humanities 221: Gary Watt; 63.
Learned societies and associations of legal academics 225: Anthony Bradney; 64.
Legal education journals 228: Fiona Cownie and Emma Jones; 65.
Legal writing instructors 232: Ann Nowak; 66.
Mexico (contemporary legal education) 236: Lila Zaire Flores-Fernandez and Luis Alfonso Mora-Ruenes; 67.
Mexico (history of legal education) 240: Gabriela Talancón-Villegas and María José Gutiérrez-Rodríguez; 68.
Regulation of legal education in Mexico 244: Mariana Anahí Manzo and Sergio Iván Anzola-Rodríguez; 69.
Mooting and legal education 248: Kate Campbell-Pilling and; Katie Steiner; 70.
Negotiation and legal education 251: Rebecca Samaras; 71.
Neurodiversity and legal education 254: Luke Campbell and Gayle McKemey; 72.
Nigeria (contemporary legal education) 259: Ekokoi Solomon; 73.
Nigeria (history of legal education) 263: Ernest Ojukwu; 74.
Nigeria (regulation of legal education) 267: Ekokoi Solomon; 75.
Paralegal legal education 271: Jane Ching; 76.
Poland (contemporary legal: education) 275; Olga Piaskowska; 77.
Poland (history of legal education) 279: Aleksandra Partyk and Filip Cyuńczyk; 78.
Poland (regulation of legal education) 283: Piotr Piesiewicz; 79.
Police legal education 287: Rachael Aplin and Howard Atkin; 80.
Pre-qualification legal workplace experience 291: Jane Ching; 81.
Precarious employment and legal academics 294: Natalie Skead; 82.
Pro bono initiatives 298: Helena Whalen-Bridge; 83.
Problem-based learning 302: Caroline Hunter, Sarah Archer and Claire Illingworth; 84.
Professional identity formation of law students 306: Nina Holvast and Willem-Jan Kortleven; 85.
Professional identities of legal academics 310: Richard Collier; 86.
Professional legal education 314: Nigel Duncan; 87.
Professional support staff in law schools 319: Lydia Bleasdale; 88.
Public legal education (community) 322: Richard Grimes; 89.
Public legal education (prisons) 325: César Arjona; 90.
Reflection and legal education 329: Michele Leering; 91.
Research into legal education (empirical) 334: Patricia Leighton; 92.
Research into legal: education (non-empirical) 338; Anthony Bradney; 93.
Scholarship and legal education 341: Caroline Gibby; 94.
Service teaching in legal education 345: Emily Walsh; 95.
Sexuality and legal education 349: Senthorun Raj; 96.
Social justice, citizenship and legal education 353: Omar Madhloom; 97.
Social workers’ legal education 357: Helen Carr and David Goosey; 98.
Socio-legal approaches to legal education 360: Sally Wheeler; 99.
Socratic method 363: Adrien Habermacher; 100.
South Africa (contemporary legal education) 367: Lesley Greenbaum; 101.
South Africa (history of legal education) 371: Lesley Greenbaum; 102.
South Africa (regulation of legal education) 375: Helen Kruuse; 103.
Sustainability and legal education 379: Andreas Rühmkorf; 104.
Transnational legal education 383: Thomas McMorrow; 105.
Trauma-informed legal education 387: Colin James; 106.
USA (contemporary legal education) 391: Susan Carle; 107.
USA (history of legal education) 395: Felice Batlan; 108.
USA (regulation of legal education) 398: Carole Silver; 109.
Values and ethics in legal education 401: Julian Webb; 110.
Wellbeing/mental health of law students 405: Lynne Taylor; 111.
Wellbeing/mental health of legal academics 409: Caroline Strevens and Rachael Field