Description: This book discusses the opportunities and challenges facing legal education in the era of globalization and considers how students and law schools need to adapt for the future. It identifies the knowledge and skills that law students require and explores the pedagogical shifts that need to be made inside and outside the classroom. With contributions from leading experts on legal education from various jurisdictions across the globe, the work combines theoretical depth with practical insights and bridges the gap between theory and practice.
Review Quotes:
"Globalization has transformed legal education from a nationally-oriented system to one that is multinationally-tuned. Legal practice and skill learning may have adapted to the resulting challenges and transformations, but the fundamental legal philosophy and spirit of justice seeking in legal training will remain forever. This book supports this view and helps to clarify the underlying principles shared in all law schools." - Shang-Jyh Liu, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
"At a time when many jurisdictions are re-visiting core questions about the law school and its curriculum, this is a most timely and valuable contribution to the debates. The focus of the book on globalization and internationalization shifts the attention away from domestic considerations to raise fundamental questions about the role of the law school in an era of globalized legal services." - Robert Lee, University of Birmingham, UK