Clinical Legal Education in Europe, livre ebook

• Provides readers with an overview of the development of and current challenges faced by clinical legal education in a European context;

• Demonstrates how clinical legal education departs from traditional methodologies and enhances student engagement, promotes diversity and advances social justice goals;

• Brings together an international team of board members from the European Network for Clinical Legal Education providing substantial expertise in the subject matter.

Drawing on the European Network for Clinical Legal Education’s expertise, this collection examines clinical legal education in Europe.

Challenging traditional legal education, the book shows how clinical legal education methodologies can enhance student engagement, promote diversity and advance social justice goals. Chapters make use of rich case studies and provide readers with a critical analysis of a range of clinical legal education practices across Europe. It is essential reading for legal educators, policy makers and practitioners seeking to modernize legal education and prepare future lawyers for contemporary challenges.

1. Introduction – Paul McKeown, Rachel Stalker and Laura Bugatti

Part I: Clinical Theory

2. An Analysis of Clinical Legal Education in Europe Through the Lens of the 4M Framework – Paul McKeown

Part II: Clinical Pedagogy in the National Context

3. The Transformative Role of Law Clinics in Spanish and Italian Legal Education – Cecilia Blengino and Andrés Gascón-Cuenca

4. Educate Law Students on Legal Aid Before It Is Too Late – Mária Havelková

5. The Competence Development Impact of the Legal Clinic Methodology in Hungarian Legal Education – Judit Tóth, Renáta Kálmán and Tamás Pongó

6. Student Zeal as the Pillar of Sustainable Clinical Programmes in Croatia – Juraj Brozović

7. The Case for Public Legal Education Within the Expansion of Clinical Legal Education - Sarah Morse and Frances Ridout

8. Clinical Legal Education in Georgia and the Street Law Experience - Ketevan Bakhtadze, Tamar Ebralidze, Richard Grimes, Ana Kharaishvili, Tsira Komakhidze, Marina Kvachadze, Ketevan Mchedlishvili, Nana Shonia, Sandro Sordia, Ani Topuria, Leila Tskhovrebashvili and Amy Wallace

9. Advancing Clinical Legal Education and Facilitating Access to Justice Through Policy Clinics - Siobhan McConnell, Lyndsey Bengtsson and Rachel Dunn

Part III: Social Justice Challenges

10. Protecting Student Wellbeing in Legal Clinical Settings - Amanda Thurston and Diana Kirsch

11. Arts and Clinical Legal Education in Refugee and Migration Contexts: A Culturally Responsive Approach - Ulrich Stege, Lee-Anne Paula Doyle and Lela Aisha Jones

12. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Student Legal Clinics: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges - Olga M Piaskowska and Piotr F Piesiewicz

13. Clinical Legal Education in Ukraine During Armed Conflict Caused by Russian Aggression - Mariia Tsypiashchuk, Liliia Amelicheva, Yuliia Matvieieva and Liudmyla Rudenko

Part IV: The Global Picture

14. From Holdout to Forefront: The Contributions of European Clinics to Globalized Clinical Legal Education - Jeff Giddings

15. Concluding Thoughts on the Collection - Paul McKeown, Rachel Stalker and Laura Bugatti