1st Edition
Imperatives for Legal Education Research Then, Now and Tomorrow
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INTRODUCTION:
Chapter 1 Legal Education Research as an Imperative
Ben Golder, Marina Nehme, Alex Steel and Prue Vines*
Chapter 2 The histories of legal education scholarship
Fiona Cownie
PART II CURRENT LANDSCAPES:
Chapter 3 Theoretical Legal Education Research: Engaging neoliberalism
Peter Burdon
Chapter 4 The Poverty of Pessimism
David Dixon
Chapter 5 Empirical Legal Education Research: Empirical research in Australia
Alex Steel
Chapter 6 Practical Legal Education Research: A meta-survey of teaching and learning in practice-based education
Kristoffer Greaves
Chapter 7 Towards a Taxonomy of Legal Education Research
Kate Galloway*, Melissa Castan and Alex Steel
PART III CALLS FOR ACTION:
8 Who Controls University Legal Education in UK
Anthony Bradney
Chapter 9 A virtuous journey through the regulation minefield
Sally Kift
Chapter 10 Trends in Legal Education Reform
Julian Webb
Chapter 11 Thinking or Acting Like A Lawyer? What We Don’t know about Legal Education and are Afraid to Ask
Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Chapter 12 Equipping the Legally Literate Leaders of Tomorrow
Tania Leiman
Chapter 13 Prometheus, Sisyphus, Themis: Three futures for legal education research
Paul Maharg
Biography
Ben Golder is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the Law Faculty Associate Dean (Education). Ben teaches courses on law and social theory, on public law, and on the politics of human rights. His current research is into contemporary critiques of human rights discourse
Marina Nehme is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales and a fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy. Her teaching excellence has been recognized at the national and institutional level. She was formerly the Law Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching. Marina’s research interests are in in corporate law, regulatory sanction and legal education.
Alex Steel is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia and a fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy. His teaching excellence has been recognized at the institutional and national level. He was formerly the Law Faculty Associate Dean (Education) and is Acting UNSW Pro Vice Chancellor Education. His research interests are in the pedagogy and regulation of legal education, curriculum design and assessment practices, student wellbeing and teacher development.
Prue Vines is Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales, Australia and a fellow of the UNSW Scientia Education Academy. Her teaching excellence has been recognized at the institutional level. She is the Director of First Year Studies and incoming Law Faculty Associate Dean (Education). Prue’s research is in tort law, particularly the impact of apologies on civil liability, Indigenous issues in succession law, and legal education, in particular the first year at university and student wellbeing.
