ABSTRACT
As one of the ’learned’ professions requiring advanced learning and high principles, law enjoys a special standing in society. In return for its status and rank, the legal profession is expected to exhibit the highest levels of honesty, trust and morality, the very values which underpin the legal system itself. This, in turn, entrusts to legal education a particular problem of addressing, not only the substantive elements of the body of law, but a means through which the characteristics of the ’calling’ of law are imparted and instilled. At a time when the very essence of the legal profession is under threat, this book calls for a realignment of the legal curriculum and pedagogies so as to emphasise the development of culture over industry; character over eloquence; and calling over skill. Chapters are grouped around the core content and key themes of Curiosity, Calling, Character and Conscientiousness, Contract, and Culture. The volume includes contributions from leading experts, drawn internationally and from other professional disciplines in order to present alternative approaches aimed at tackling common issues, providing insight, and provoking debate.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|10 pages
Curiosity
part II|48 pages
Calling
chapter Chapter 2|24 pages
Vocational Legal Education — Its Pivotal Role in the Future of the Legal Profession
part III|52 pages
Character and Conscientiousness
chapter Chapter 3|24 pages
Calling, Character and Clinical Legal Education: Inculcating a Love for Justice from Cradle to Grave
chapter Chapter 4|26 pages
Public Interest Vocationalism: A Way Forward for Legal Education in Canada 1
part IV|32 pages
Contract
chapter Chapter 5|18 pages
Professions and their Social Contracts: A Basis for Teaching Lessons of Professionalism from Medicine
part V|78 pages
Culture