Publication yesterday of the membership of the American Bar Association’s new think-tank on legal education has me hopeful that this could be a much more significant exercise (both for the US and in terms of benchmarking thinking internationally) than the last (2014) ABA Taskforce (which I blogged about here). I’m afraid that as a non-US […]
The recent UK Supreme Court and Privy Council (JCPC) decision in Jogee and Ruddock [2016] UKSC 8; [2016] UKPC 7 has generated considerable comment on the substantive issues, most of it (at least cautiously) welcoming. The case concerned criminal liability for a ‘joint enterprise’ – a particular form of accessory liability that has long been […]
The American Bar Association’s draft report and recommendations on the Future of Legal Education was published on Friday 20 September. The full text of the report can be accessed here. In a number of obvious ways this is no LETR report. It is not explicitly research-based (though the ABA has held hearings and invited evidence), it takes up less than […]
In response to my previous post, there’s an interesting comment on the Canadian situation by Paul Paton over at Legal Ethics Forum: “‘Interesting Canadian Development’ Alert — This is a debate that some (including Brent Cotter, Richard Devlin, Alice Woolley and I, amongst others) tried to ensure got attention in Canada. A report of a […]
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