UCD Sutherland School of Law Conference – Law in Action: Re-Imagining Clinical Legal Education in Ireland – 13 June, Dublin

Venue: Arthur Cox Clinical Legal Education Centre, UCD Sutherland School of Law.

Date: Friday 13 June 2014, 10.30am – 5.00pm.

At a time of legal and social change, the opportunity emerges to reimagine legal education and its contribution to society on the island of Ireland, both North and South. This conference offers participants the opportunity to consider, plan and reflect on the increasing role for clinical legal education in Irish law schools. The impact of clinical legal education on the legal curriculum is something that will be critically considered, as well the impact of clinical legal education on a wider social justice agenda.

Topics:

• The changing nature of legal education in Ireland, with a consideration of the transformative potential of clinical legal education to the law school curriculum.
• The value – theoretically, practically and pedagogically - of internships as a form of clinical legal education.
• The contribution of organisations, both legal and non-legal, practitioner and non-practitioner, to clinical legal education in Ireland.
• The contribution of client-based clinical legal education in enabling client participation in administrative and legal processes.
• The challenges and opportunities in engaging students in live client work, legal research and public interest law in Northern/Ireland.
• The role of clinical legal education in identifying, supporting and progressing social justice and public interest law in Northern/Irish society.

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For queries, please contact the Clinical legal Education Centre, UCD Sutherland School of Law on clec@ucd.ie.