Teaching Legal Education in the Digital Age explores how legal pedagogy and curriculum design should be modernised to ensure that law students have a realistic view of the future of the legal profession.
Using future readiness and digital empowerment as central themes, chapters discuss the use of technology to enhance the design and delivery of the curriculum and argue the need for the curriculum to be developed to prepare students for the use of technology in the workplace. The volume draws together a range of contributions to consider the impact of digital pedagogies in legal education and propose how technology can be used in the law curriculum to enhance student learning in law schools and lead excellence in teaching. Throughout, the authors consider what it means to be future-ready and what we can do as law academics to facilitate the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed by future-ready graduates.
Part of Routledge’s series on Legal Pedagogy, this book will be of great interest to academics, post-graduate students, teachers and researchers of law, as well as those with a wider interest in legal pedagogy or legal practice.
Author(s): Ann Thanaraj, Kris Gledhill
Series: Legal Pedagogy
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 248
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Chapter 1: Introduction: Exploring Becoming Future Ready
Introduction
The Collection
Beginning your Journey with us
Bibliography
Chapter 2: Bringing Land Law to Life: Lessons From the Development and Deployment of an Immersive "Virtual Town" in the Teaching of Land Law
Introduction
Design, Adoption, and Embedding of the Virtual Town into the Land Law Module
Impact of Using the Virtual Town
The Pedagogical Advantages of Teaching with the Virtual Town
Future Readiness in Learning and Teaching Land Law
Digital Empowerment and Future Development of the Virtual Town
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 3: Using Virtual Reality to Enhance the Law School Curriculum
Introduction
VR and Clinical Legal Education
The Open University's VR App
The Pilot: Research Methodology
Research Findings: The Interviews
Research Findings: The Video Recordings
Balancing Usability and Realism
Digital Empowerment and Future Readiness
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Twitteryvision: Using Twitter Live Chat to Build Communities of Practice as a Legal Learning Tool
Introduction
Short Literature Review
Ontology and Epistemology, Methodology
Data Collection and Analysis
The Design for Distributed Cognition Framework
Validity and Reliability
Analysis and Discussion
RQ1: Did the Twitter Revision Sessions Develop a Community of Practice within the Relevant Cohort?
RQ2: How does the use of Twitter, Facilitate Learning in Such a Community?
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Innovative Opportunities in Technology and the Law: The Virtual Legal Clinic
Introduction
Clinical Legal Education in Australia
Virtual Delivery Within a Clinical Legal Education Framework
The Virtual Legal Clinic Process at Monash Law Clinics
Challenges to Implementing the Virtual Legal Clinic
Student and Supervisor Interaction in the Virtual Legal Clinic
Client-centred Approach and Communication
The Value of the Virtual Legal Clinic
References
Chapter 6: Developing a 21st-century Legal 'APP'titude: Observations from a Postgraduate Legal Technology Unit
Introduction
Objectives
The Unit
Background
Structure
Assessment Items
Outcomes for Students
Technical Literacy
Client Management/Communication Skills
Presentation Skills
Team Work
Project Management
Reflection Skills
Creativity and Innovation Skills
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Online Digital Platforms For Teaching Law
Introduction
Exploring Different Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching and Learning Public Law
Setting the Context
Are Public Lawyers Born or Moulded?
Accessibility of Public Law Scholarship and Materials
iBooks and ePubs for Judicial Review
Impact on Students
Impact on Pedagogy
The Great Migration: Online Public law Teaching and Learning Strategies during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Online Lectures
Online Discussion Boards
Online Workshops
Assessment
Student Experiences During the COVID-19 Disruptions
Academics' Experiences During the COVID-19 Disruptions
Reflections
References
Chapter 8: A Blueprint for Designing Creativity into Learning Design
Introduction
Three Principles for Planning a Built-for-Digital Academic Experience of the Academic Learner Journey
Creating Authentic and Creative Learning Experiences and Assessments
Inculcating Future Readiness and Digital Empowerment in Learners
Embedding Digital Literacies Contextualised to the Needs of the Discipline and Profession within the Curriculum and Learning Design
Practical Considerations for Designing Creativity in Learning Designs
Deciding How You Want to Teach
Think about Boundary-Crossing Ecosystems of Learning
Designing the Student Journey into Course Design
Designing Student Engagement
Choice and Flex in Assessments for Personalised and Inclusive Learning
Nurturing Future Readiness and Digital Empowerment through Course Design
Conclusion
Bibliography
Chapter 9: Legal Tech and Sustainability
Legal Tech and Future Skills Training
Sustainability Considerations
Is Teaching 'Legal Tech' Sustainable?
The Difficulties of Simply Teaching Legal Tech
The Misunderstanding of Sustainability
The Pillars of Sustainability
Pillar One - People
Pillar Two - Planet
Pillar Three - Profit
How do We Introduce Principles of Sustainability into Legal Education?
The Role of Legal Tech as Part of the Solution
Follow-on Steps
References
Chapter 10: A Polish Perspective on How Ensuring Access to Legal Information Impacts Access to Justice and Legal Education
Introduction
The Present Study
Analysis of Data and Results
Acquisition and Verification of Legal Information via the Internet
Does Common Access to Legal Information on the Internet facilitate the Exercise of the Profession?
Do Lawyers Use Digital Tools in the form of Internet Search Engines as a Source of Legal Knowledge?
Is Legal Information Found on the Internet Useful?
Is Information Found on the Internet Verified?
Tools for Verifying Information Found on the Web
The Need to Teach the Skills to Search and Verify Data Using Digital Tools and the Internet
Does Easy Access to Legal Information on the Internet Promote ATJ?
Should Online Services be Used to Provide Legal Aid?
Conclusions and Reflections
What Our Study Shows
How to Prepare Students to Become Future-Ready
Professional Digital Tools & Cooperation With Companies Owning the Databases
Essential Skills
References
Chapter 11: Legal Education Meets Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching LawTech
Introduction
Digital Empowerment Through LawTech
Student Employability
Access to Justice
Designing and Delivering the Module
Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Approach
The Law and Technology Module
The Projects
Future Readiness - New Skills and New Roles
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Integrating Innovation into a Law School Curriculum: The Galway Experience
Introduction - Why this Project?
Mapping the Journey
Setting Sail
Introducing Innovation
Back to Basics
Flagship Collaborations
Taking Stock
Delivery
Development
Wrapping Up (Suddenly Online)
Looking to the Next Iteration
Acknowledgement
References
Chapter 13: LawTech Education: A View from Oxford
Introduction: The Transformation of Law and Legal Practice
Our Research: Skills Gaps, "Future Readiness" and the Transformation of Lawyers
Our Research: The Transformation of Legal Education?
From Research to Practice: Two Case Studies
Law and Computer Science
The Oxford LawTech Education Programme
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Notes
References
Chapter 14: A Master's Degree: Empowering Digital-Age Lawyers in Legal Technology
A Masters
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
The Internet of Things
Data and Technoethics
Empowering the Digital-Age Lawyer
Acknowledgements
References
Chapter 15: Legal Education As An Anchor Towards Shaping and Regulating the Digital World: Models of Law-Tech Curriculum
The Fraught Identity of a Law Degree
The Need for Interdisciplinary Learning Within Law Degrees
The Value of Interdisciplinary Approaches Towards Future Readiness of Students
The Need for Law to have a Pivotal Role and Its Flexibility that Allows it to Take on this Mantel
Digital Transforming Law Degrees
Model 1 - Thematic Lines of Enquiry
Model 2 - Interdisciplinary Modules Alongside Law Modules
The Outcomes of a Reimagined Law Degree are Ambitious
References
Chapter 16: Legal Academics and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Legal Academics
Career Paths
Legal Education
Employment Patterns
Roles
The Need to be Inclusive
Future ready?
Challenges for All
The Few or the Many?
What are Law Schools for?
Curriculum Design
Resourcing
Teaching and Learning
Skills and Aptitudes
Assessment
Barriers to Digital Empowerment
Digital Literacy
Time
Identity
Fear and Loathing
Digital Empowerment for Legal Academics
Knowledge is Power
Digital Literacy Levels
Time
Remember the Law in Lawtech
Feel the Fear but Do it Anyway
Researching Digital Transformation
Conclusion
References
Chapter 17: Law Schools and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Digital Literacies
Interdisciplinarity
Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration
The Need for an Institutional Culture that Supports Transformation
Research Agenda: Looking into the Future of Legal Education
References
Index
