Reforming the legal curriculum: Integration into the practice

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>Legal education in the United States is at a crisis point. Simultaneously confronting scathing critiques and mounting market forces, legal education must change to survive. Experiential education offers the hope of increasing the relev...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b11fd5172f3646a891e27dc9ab7380452021-12-02T12:27:50ZReforming the legal curriculum: Integration into the practice1887-45921887-4592https://doaj.org/article/b11fd5172f3646a891e27dc9ab7380452014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://red-u.net/redu/index.php/REDU/article/view/893https://doaj.org/toc/1887-4592https://doaj.org/toc/1887-4592<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>Legal education in the United States is at a crisis point. Simultaneously confronting scathing critiques and mounting market forces, legal education must change to survive. Experiential education offers the hope of increasing the relevance of legal education to the practice of law, and many law schools have adopted new programs where students learn through experience. This article provides an overview of legal education and describes the rise of experiential legal education. The article concludes with a description of an innovative program that integrates the practice in the joint enterprise of educating tomorrow&rsquo;s lawyers.</p><p><strong>RESUMEN</strong></p><p><strong>La reforma curricular en los estudios de Derecho: la integraci&oacute;n de la pr&aacute;ctica</strong></p><p>La formaci&oacute;n de los profesionales del Derecho en los Estados Unidos se encuentra en un momento de crisis. Se enfrenta &nbsp;simult&aacute;neamente a severas cr&iacute;ticas y a la presi&oacute;n de las fuerzas del mercado, por lo que debe cambiar para poder sobrevivir. La educaci&oacute;n experiencial ofrece la posibilidad de incrementar la relevancia del aprendizaje de la pr&aacute;ctica del Derecho en la formaci&oacute;n de los futuros juristas y un gran n&uacute;mero de Escuelas de Derecho han puesto ya en marcha nuevos programas formativos en los que los estudiantes aprenden a trav&eacute;s de la experiencia. Este art&iacute;culo proporciona una visi&oacute;n general de la formaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica y explica como surgi&oacute; el enfoque de la educaci&oacute;n basada en la experiencia en este sector, concluyendo con la descripci&oacute;n de un programa innovador que integra la pr&aacute;ctica en la empresa conjuntamente con la formaci&oacute;n de los abogados del ma&ntilde;ana.</p>Timothy CaseyUniversitat Politècnica de Valènciaarticleexperiential education, reflective practice, legal education reform, United States legal education, reflection, clinic, clinical education, law clinic, clinical legal education, STEPPS Program, California Western School of Law, pedagogy, legal educationEducationLENESRed U, Vol 12, Iss extra., Pp 65-91 (2014)
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topic experiential education, reflective practice, legal education reform, United States legal education, reflection, clinic, clinical education, law clinic, clinical legal education, STEPPS Program, California Western School of Law, pedagogy, legal education
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Reforming the legal curriculum: Integration into the practice
description <p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>Legal education in the United States is at a crisis point. Simultaneously confronting scathing critiques and mounting market forces, legal education must change to survive. Experiential education offers the hope of increasing the relevance of legal education to the practice of law, and many law schools have adopted new programs where students learn through experience. This article provides an overview of legal education and describes the rise of experiential legal education. The article concludes with a description of an innovative program that integrates the practice in the joint enterprise of educating tomorrow&rsquo;s lawyers.</p><p><strong>RESUMEN</strong></p><p><strong>La reforma curricular en los estudios de Derecho: la integraci&oacute;n de la pr&aacute;ctica</strong></p><p>La formaci&oacute;n de los profesionales del Derecho en los Estados Unidos se encuentra en un momento de crisis. Se enfrenta &nbsp;simult&aacute;neamente a severas cr&iacute;ticas y a la presi&oacute;n de las fuerzas del mercado, por lo que debe cambiar para poder sobrevivir. La educaci&oacute;n experiencial ofrece la posibilidad de incrementar la relevancia del aprendizaje de la pr&aacute;ctica del Derecho en la formaci&oacute;n de los futuros juristas y un gran n&uacute;mero de Escuelas de Derecho han puesto ya en marcha nuevos programas formativos en los que los estudiantes aprenden a trav&eacute;s de la experiencia. Este art&iacute;culo proporciona una visi&oacute;n general de la formaci&oacute;n jur&iacute;dica y explica como surgi&oacute; el enfoque de la educaci&oacute;n basada en la experiencia en este sector, concluyendo con la descripci&oacute;n de un programa innovador que integra la pr&aacute;ctica en la empresa conjuntamente con la formaci&oacute;n de los abogados del ma&ntilde;ana.</p>
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