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Seminars: Kobe University Faculty of Law
I was invited by Akira Saito, professor of law at Kobe University Faculty of Law, to hold seminars on what we were doing in the GGSL with regard to transactional learning and technology. I'd...
View ArticleWhat will enhance legal education in Scotland?
Was live-blogging Enhancing Legal Education in Scotland, a legal ed conference hosted by UKCLE last week — kudos to Julian Webb and his team for organising it, for it's difficult to bring together the...
View ArticleJISC Learning & Teaching Experts meeting, Birmingham
Great meet-up, as always. Dizzying number of fascinating projects. The day's slides and resources available here. Too fast & furious to live blog, too busy taking it all in and applying to my...
View ArticleSea-change
Happy New Year to all readers! My article, Sea-change, was published in the International Journal of the Legal Profession, in a number dedicated to William Twining (seminar held in his honour was...
View ArticleOSTE
Having been involved in the construction of an OSCE for the SRA’s new QLTS, I’m following the literature in medical education quite closely. Came across a useful meta-review on a twist to the OSCE —...
View ArticlePlenary: Candour in Disclosing Character and Fitness Issues
The full title of the first speaker’s session is ‘Trends in Character and Fitness from the perspective of a Seasoned Law School Administrator’ — Ann Lukingbeal, from Cornell — Asst Dean, Admin. She...
View ArticleAustralian National University, Legal Workshop
I returned recently from spending seven days at the College of Law in the Australian National University in Canberra, part of my duties as Adjunct Professor there. ’Duties’ is exactly the wrong word....
View ArticleModestly big data for legal education
The Human Face of Big Data has been splashed across screens & newsprint the last few days — see The Guardian’s excellent Datablog article, and Scientific American for summaries of what it’s about....
View ArticleTeaching Legal Ethics & Developing Professional Judgment
This is a session at ANU College of Law that I’m attending & liveblogging — see here for full details. It was organised by Tony Foley & colleagues, and the keynote speaker is Judith Wegner...
View ArticleLETR read, misread, unread
I’ve been at three LETR-related events the last couple of weeks — the seminar at UCL on Legal Innovation — How Should the Educators Respond, a SLS/IALS event, The Role of Academics in Legal Education...
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WG Hart, session 2
Nina Fletcher, Law Society of E+W, on Solicitors and the market for legal services: perspectives on change, the future and uncertainty. Stats on the legal market quite interesting update on LETR....
View ArticleWG Hart, day 2, session 2
Parallel session: Pat Leighton, The LLB as a liberal degree? A re-assessment from an historical perspective. There’s been a failure to develop a coherent and robust LLB in law schools. We need to...
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WG Hart, day 2, session 5
Last session, and I was talking in the graveyard shift alongside Andrew Sanders and John Flood, so can’t comment much on that session, except to say that Andrew Sanders’ presentation was sincere,...
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Post-LETR, what’s the regulatory position on legal education in E+W?
In her recent visit to Australian law schools Jane Ching of Nottingham Law School, a co-author of LETR, spent a week as a Visitor at ANU College of Law, and with PEARL staff in particular. We...
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Directions, day two: parallel sessions two
The Organising C’ttee are working us hard. Straight into the rigours of a group photo, brief caffeine break, then into the final session of the day and the conference. I attended ‘Training for the...
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Conference: LETR – Five Years On
The Legal Education and Training Review submitted its findings five years ago now – seems more like 15 years to be honest, so much has happened in the interim. To mark the occasion, Jessica Guth of...
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LETR conference: Professional Panel
The panel comprised three representatives of regulatory bodies. First up, Julie Brannan, Director of Education and Training. Her slide points out which of LETR recommendations the SRA accepted: She...
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Experiential Learning Conference, HKU Faculty of Law, day 1, pm
First session after lunch is a continuation of the theme of clinic. First up, Kathleen Laverty, Director of Strathclyde Law Clinic, Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow. They don’t have an aim to educate...
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