This edited volume records the amazing transformations brought about by leaders in legal education and legal profession. It captures experiences and experiments in the governance of law schools and legal profession during the COVID-19 pandemic as case studies; ideas which helped in resilience and which could show the way forward; the psychological, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the transformation; and the spiritual and material sources of motivation of the leadership. The contributions are along the following themes --- The shifting idea of law school: systems and processes; The “new normal” in legal profession; Psychological, philosophical, and sociological aspects of transformation; Experiences from global regions and countries; Legal education and legal profession in a post-COVID world. Through these five themes, and the eighteen contributions, the volume seeks to answer questions like --- how the educational and professional leaders adapted to the circumstances by building a “new normal”? How and to what extent their own legal education and professional experiences informed their actions during the Pandemic? How they re-imagined ambitions and reordered systems and processes? What type of guidance and support they received from the state and regulatory bodies? How they guaranteed the well-being of students, faculty, and staff during the Pandemic and the transition? How they upheld professional values and ethics when contexts of their application collapsed?
Author(s): C. Raj Kumar, S.G. Sreejith
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 325
Tags: Law; Socio-Legal Studies; Career Skills; International And Comparative Education
Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
Introduction
Recording the New Renaissance: Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19
1 Introduction: Fighting the Monster
2 Losing the Normal in Legal Education and Legal Profession
2.1 The Old Normal
2.2 The Fall of the Normal
3 The Book
3.1 The Idea of Law School and Legal Education
3.2 Experiences from Countries
3.3 Experiments in Resilience
3.4 The Impact of the Pandemic on Legal Profession
3.5 The Way Forward
4 Conclusion
References
The Idea of Law School and Legal Education
Overcoming the Boundaries of Legal Education: How to Make Sense of the Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 Challenging the “Isolation” of Legal Science
3 Overcoming Territorial Boundaries
3.1 The Logic of the “Empire”
3.2 The Logic of the “Cosmos”
4 Overcoming Disciplinary Boundaries
5 Resisting the Colonization of the Law
References
Assume and not Postpone: Effective Education and also Digital
1 Introduction
2 Structure and Digital Understanding
2.1 The Pedagogical Triad
2.2 The Triad of Fundamental Learning
2.3 Balance in Learning
3 Action Plan
3.1 Propagating Teaching Leaders
3.2 Insertion of a New Discourse
References
Student Engagement, Online Learning and COVID-19: A Law School Perspective
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Findings and Discussion
3.1 Flexibility
3.2 Workload
3.3 Authentic Learning
3.4 Synchronous Learning and Feedback
3.5 Physical Learning Environments
3.6 Digital Learning Environments
3.7 Teacher Empathy
4 Conclusion
References
Legal Education and Legal Profession During and Beyond COVID-19. Studying Law During the COVID-19 Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 Theoretical Framework and Key Research Questions
2.2 Participants
2.3 Data Collection
2.4 Ethical Considerations
2.5 Analytical Framework
3 Key Themes and Insights of Study
4 Limitations
5 Areas of Future Research
6 Conclusion
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
References
Experiences from Countries
A Case of Law Teaching in Brazil During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Response of FGV Law SP to the Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 The Context of the Pandemic
3 Effects of the Pandemic on the Provision of Educational Services in Brazil
References
Legal Education During and After Covid-19
1 Introduction
2 Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Cypriot Case-Study
3 Challenges for a Post-pandemic Legal Education
4 Conclusion
References
Legal Education and Legal Profession in a Post-COVID-19 World: South Asian Context with Specific Emphasis on Nepal
1 Impacts of Pandemic in Students and Its Overall Consequences
2 Alternative Options and Effectiveness in Mitigating Adverse Impacts
3 Systemic Problems and Necessity of Paradigmatic Shift in South Asian Legal Education in the Context of COVID-19
4 Various Models of Legal Education and Lessons to Learn
5 What Models May Competently Address the Impacts Created by Pandemics like COVID-19: Context of Defining Legal Education
6 Conclusion
References
Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19 in Nigeria
1 Background and Introduction
2 Conceptual Framework
2.1 Legal Education
2.2 The Legal Profession
3 Tripodal Impact of COVID-19
3.1 Impact on Legal Education
3.2 Impact on the Legal Profession
3.3 Impact on the Economy
4 Post COVID-19: Challenges and Prospects
5 Final Words
References
Teaching Law in the Time of Covid-19: Experiences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
1 Introduction
2 Devising an Emergency Teaching and Learning Plan
2.1 Steps Taken at Central University Management Level to Devise a University-Wide Emergency Online, Remote Teaching and Learning Plan
3 Teaching and Learning in the School of Law During the Covid-19 Crisis
3.1 Ensuring Quality and Outcomes of Law Programmes
3.2 Warranting the Integrity of Assessments
3.3 Continuation of the Academic Programme During Staff Incapacity and Assuring Staff and Students’ Wellbeing
4 Conclusion
References
Experiments in Resilience
Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19 the Shifting Idea of Law School: Systems and Processes
1 Introduction
2 The Lockdowns
3 Legal Clinic Programme
4 Conclusion
References
New Landscapes on Student Exchange
1 Introduction
2 What Internationalisation?
3 Purpose of the University?
3.1 Sustainable Development Goals
3.2 Lessons from History
3.3 Insight into the Future
3.4 Education
4 Shifts in the Practice of Law
5 And So To—Student Exchange in Legal Education
5.1 Student Exchange of Labour
5.2 Student Exchange of Dialogue
References
Law School Accreditation During COVID-19: Transparency, Agility and Trust and the Australian Experience
1 Introduction
2 Admission into Legal Practice
3 The Process of Accreditation
4 Uniform Accreditation Standard
4.1 Nature of the Law Course
4.2 Duration of the Law Course
4.3 Learning Outcomes of the Law Course
4.4 Content of the Law Course
4.5 Teaching of the Law Course
4.6 Assessment of the Law Course
5 Satisfaction of the Uniform Standard
6 Accreditation During Covid-19
6.1 Risks Posed by Covid-19
6.2 Engagement Between VLAB and Melbourne Law School
7 Insights from the Operation of the Accreditation Process During Covid-19
8 Conclusion
Appendix 1—Priestly Eleven Subjects
Appendix 2: Learning Outcomes of Law Courses
Appendix 3: Council of Australian Law Deans Review of Legal Education in Australia
References
The Impact of the Pandemic on Legal Profession
Covid-19 and Courts: How “Remote” Should the Future Be?
1 The Pandemic’s Closure of Hawai’i Courts
2 Remote Court Appearances in Hawai’i Courts
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hawai’i Supreme Court Oral Arguments
2.3 Trial Court Proceedings
3 The Future of Remote Proceedings in Courts
3.1 Advantages of Remote Proceedings
3.2 Impediments to, or Concerns Regarding, Remote Court Proceedings
4 The Future of Remote Court Proceedings
5 Conclusion
References
The New Normal in the Legal Profession: Embracing Technology
1 Introduction and Background
2 E-filings, Court Proceedings and Resources
2.1 E-Filings
2.2 Court Proceedings and Resources
3 Live-Streaming
3.1 An Overview of the Decision in Swapnil Tripathi
3.2 Position of Courts in Other Jurisdictions and Possible Models That May Be Adopted
4 Supreme Court e-committee and Use of Artificial Intelligence
5 Recommendations and Way Forward
5.1 Infrastructural Access, Development and Need for a Dedicated Platform
5.2 Live Streaming—Recommendations and Challenges
5.3 Use of Video Conferencing in Civil and Criminal Proceedings
References
The Way Forward
A Blueprint on Global Legal Education: The European Perspective
1 Project Description. Scope of the Project
2 Research Methodology. A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
2.1 Literature Research
2.2 Webpage Analysis
2.3 Survey
2.4 Interview of Deans or/and Senior Members of Law Schools
3 Analysis Results. A Special Approach to Europe
3.1 Literature Research
3.2 Webpage Analysis
3.3 Interviews
4 Legal Education After COVID-19
5 Conclusions
5.1 Globalization is the Key Trend in Legal Education
5.2 Technology
5.3 New Skills Set
5.4 Regulation of the Legal Education and the Practice of Law
References
Potential Changes in Law School Teaching in Central Europe After the Pandemic
1 Introduction
2 Connection of Law and Society
3 Identifying Positive Factors
4 Identifying Negative Factors
5 Fiction and Teaching Law
6 Conclusion
References
Legal Education and Legal Profession During and Beyond COVID-19 Building Bonds Between Academia and Practice
1 Introduction
2 Legal Education in Changing Times
3 The Practitioner Perspective
3.1 The Rise of the Digital Courtroom
3.2 Technology and Access to Justice
4 The Academic Lived-In Experience
4.1 The Academic Perspective
4.2 Case Study Experience
5 The Rise of Online Learning
6 The Rise of New Areas of Law
6.1 Commercial Contracts and Supply/Production
6.2 Entertainment and Sports
6.3 Employment-Related Disputes
6.4 Public Law Disputes
6.5 Data Protection
6.6 Social Media Regulation
6.7 Cyber Security
7 Perennial Themes Revisited
7.1 Continuing Legal Education
7.2 Blended Learning
7.3 Diversity and Accessibility
7.4 Assessment Methods
8 Humanising Legal Education
9 Conclusion
Appendix 1—List of 26 Effectiveness Factors
Factors Identified as Important to Lawyer Effectiveness
References
