Packing Them in the Aisles: Making Use of Moots as Part of Course Delivery
Law as a discipline struggles as much as, or perhaps more than, any other discipline in its attempts to reconcile its close historic connections to professional practice with its current location in a university environment. Should law schools focus on producing graduates who are “practice-ready” or...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bond University
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| Series: | Legal Education Review |
| Online Access: | http://ler.scholasticahq.com/article/6118-packing-them-in-the-aisles-making-use-of-moots-as-part-of-course-delivery.pdf |
| Summary: | Law as a discipline struggles as much as, or perhaps more than, any other discipline in its attempts to reconcile its close historic connections to professional practice with its current location in a university environment. Should law schools focus on producing graduates who are “practice-ready” or make available a broad, contextual education for their students in line with the academic standards of the wider university? The overarching issue in debates about legal education in Australia has been: “what is the nature of a ‘university’ legal education?” The key issue is: should law schools be driven by market requirements or by more idealistic educational values? |
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| ISSN: | 1033-2839 |