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1 online resource |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1. The Futures of Legal Education and the Legal Profession; I. CONCEPTUALISATIONS OF THE PROFESSION; II. REGULATORY CHANGE, MARKETISATION AND ENTERPRISE; III. THE CORPORATE SECTOR: FINANCIALISATION, RATIONALISATION AND 'PROLETARIANISATION'; IV. TRANSFORMATIONS ON THE HIGH STREET AND IN THE COURTS; V. LEGAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; VI. THE LETR; VII. CONCLUSION; 2. Professionalism, Enterprise and the Market: Contradictory or Complementary?; I. ENTERPRISE AND PROFESSIONALISM: THE CONTRADICTIONS |
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II. ENTERPRISE AND PROFESSIONALISM: COMPLEMENTARITYIII. CONCLUSIONS; 3. Financialisation by Proxy: The Case of Large City Law Firms; I. THEORIES OF FINANCIALISATION; II. METHODOLOGY; III. FINANCIALISED LAW FIRMS?; IV. VECTORS OF FINANCIALISATION; V. PROBLEMATISING FINANCIALISATION IN THE LAW FIRM; VI. CONCLUSION AND CODA; 4. Delivering Family Justice: New Ways of Working for Lawyers in Divorce and Separation; I. HOW IMPORTANT ARE FAMILY LAWYERS FOR COUPLES, AND PARTICULARLY PARENTS WHO END THEIR RELATIONSHIPS?; II. POLICY PRESSURE ON FAMILY LAWYERS; III. THE RESPONSE OF THE LAWYERS |
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IV. NEW FORMS OF 'LEGAL' SERVICES: ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS STRUCTURES AND ONLINE SERVICESV. OBSERVATIONS; 5. Judicial Diversity and the 'New' Judge; I. NEO-LIBERALISM; II. BIO-POLITICS; III. THE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AGENDA; IV. CONCLUSION; 6. The LETRs (Still) in the Post: The Legal Education and Training Review and the Reform of Legal Services Education and Training-A Personal (Re)view; I. THE BACKGROUND TO THE REVIEW; II. THE LETR REPORT: ASSUMPTIONS, PROCESSES, KEY MESSAGES AND RECOMMENDATIONS; III. 'THE NEXT DAY: WHERE ARE WE NOW?'; IV. LEGAL EDUCATION LOOKING FORWARDS; V. CONCLUSION |
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7. Poor Thinking, Poor Outcome? The Future of the Law Degree after the Legal Education and Training Review and the Case for Socio-LegalismI. TWENTIETH CENTURY LAW DEGREES; II. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY REGULATION OF LAW DEGREES; III. THE LETR RESEARCH REPORT; IV. RICH PEOPLE'S LAW, POOR PEOPLE'S LAW AND SOCIO-LEGALISM; V. THE CENTRALITY OF SOCIO-LEGAL APPROACHES; VI. CONCLUSION; 8. Creating a More Flexible Approach to Education and Training; I. REGULATION THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS; II. FLEXIBILITY OVER A CAREER; III. FLEXIBILITY FOR FIRMS; IV. FLEXIBILITY FOR EDUCATIONAL PROVIDERS |
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v. FLEXIBILITY FOR THE MARKETVI. CONCLUSIONS; 9. The Future of Legal Education from the Profession's Viewpoint: A Brave New World?; I. THE ISSUES FACING THE PROFESSION; II. THE RANGE OF SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES FACING THE SECTOR; III. CONCLUSION; 10. An Agenda for Research on the Legal Profession and Legal Education: One American's Perspective; I. THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THE ECONOMY; II. THE 'CRISIS' IN LEGAL EDUCATION; III. THE CAUSES AND CURES OF LAWYER MISCONDUCT; IV. EQUALISING THE SCALES OF JUSTICE; Index |
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We are currently witnessing an unprecedented transformation in the legal profession and legal education. The Legal Services Act 2007 and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 have both enabled and necessitated dramatic structural changes to the profession, as well as impacting on its ethos and ethicality. The recent Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) promises similarly dramatic change to the provision of legal education, reflecting the shifting landscape of both the legal professional market and Higher Education in general. These transformative changes bring bo |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 26, 2015) |
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Law -- Study and teaching -- Great Britain -- Congresses
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Legal profession: general.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Law -- Study and teaching
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Great Britain
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sommerlad, Hilary, editor
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Harris-Short, Sonia, editor
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Vaughan, Steven, editor
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Young, Richard (Richard P.), editor.
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| ISBN |
9781782255864 |
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1782255869 |
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9781474201315 |
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1474201318 |
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1782255877 |
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9781782255871 |
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