My Dean, Bruce Feldthusen, has written an article for Canadian Lawyer in response to criticisms in the legal
profession about legal education and allegations that we are responsible for creating the perceived articling crisis in Ontario.
Not exact matches
I've written extensively
about the need for diversity in the
legal profession, and for
legal education to be more innovative and accessible.
I don't recall hearing much
about this when I was entering the
profession, but based on what I've heard this week, am hopeful that the fundamental value of integrity in the
legal profession is given appropriate emphasis in the
education of law and articling students.
The Letter reflects many of the ideas that we have been saying
legal education should be
about, but doesn't necessarily address all of the concerns the
profession may have, for example, the shortage of articling positions and jobs for young lawyers.
And so, as this is my last official function here, and as I happen to be at the podium, I thought I would share with you, the class of 2012, my unfiltered thoughts
about the
legal education you've signed up for and the
legal profession you've begun the process of entering.
A couple of months back, I reflected in a blog post on how LPO has been influencing the trajectory of the
legal profession and
legal education, but what
about the trajectory of LPO itself?
In this Article I will argue that, even if
legal educators wish to embrace a more progressive vision of the
profession, and even if we agree that
legal education should take the lead in bringing it
about, the Carnegie Report's perspective is far too narrow.
Ohio State University law professor Deborah Merritt's blog takes the crises in
legal education and the
legal profession head - on — declining law school enrollment, heavy debt loads for law school graduates, fewer lawyer jobs — and explores what the
legal academy can be doing
about it.
This poisonous idea seems to infect the entire thinking
about legal education now; that we are training people for a «business» instead of educating members of a learned
profession.
Jennifer has had an unusual career in the
legal profession going from continuing legal education (CLE) professional to practicing lawyer to marketing expert and, in addition to our conversation about WordPress, she shares some «Alt Legal» career tips, so make sure to check out the inter
legal profession going from continuing
legal education (CLE) professional to practicing lawyer to marketing expert and, in addition to our conversation about WordPress, she shares some «Alt Legal» career tips, so make sure to check out the inter
legal education (CLE) professional to practicing lawyer to marketing expert and, in addition to our conversation
about WordPress, she shares some «Alt
Legal» career tips, so make sure to check out the inter
Legal» career tips, so make sure to check out the interview.
«What it says to me is that so much more
education is needed just in the
legal profession and society generally
about human rights in the first place and that's what we're experiencing now,» he said.