Modelling employability through clinical legal education: building confidence and professional identity

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI:10.1080/03069400.2023.2179306

J. Alexander

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Abstract

ABSTRACT As the graduate recruitment market becomes increasingly competitive, gaining insight into the types of activity valued by students and employers to enhance employability is crucial to shape the employability agenda. This article reports on the findings of an innovative empirical study, designed to answer the research question, “What are the perceptions of alumni and employers of the impact of clinical legal education (CLE) on employability?”. This research makes an original and significant contribution to knowledge and academic practice from its novel conclusions and through capturing and articulating stakeholder voices that are underrepresented in the literature, namely alumni from less privileged backgrounds studying at a post-1992 university and employers who recruit and employ graduates with CLE experiences. From analysis of 22 semi-structured interviews, the data revealed that the alumni lacked confidence prior to engaging with CLE and evidenced for the first time that CLE enhanced employability by increasing confidence and inculcating a professional identity. This article makes recommendations and reveals a bespoke employability model to be used with CLE students to instruct them on the impact of CLE on employability. The model can be used to enrich the student experience through clear signposting of the benefits and purpose of CLE from an employability perspective.

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通过临床法律教育模拟就业能力：建立信心和职业认同

摘要随着毕业生招聘市场竞争日益激烈，深入了解学生和雇主重视的提高就业能力的活动类型对于制定就业能力议程至关重要。本文报道了一项创新的实证研究的结果，该研究旨在回答研究问题“校友和雇主对临床法律教育（CLE）对就业能力的影响有什么看法？”。这项研究通过其新颖的结论，并通过捕捉和阐明文献中代表性不足的利益相关者的声音，即在1992年后大学学习的弱势背景的校友，以及招聘和雇用有CLE经验的毕业生的雇主，对知识和学术实践做出了独创性的重大贡献。通过对22次半结构化面试的分析，数据显示，校友在参加CLE之前缺乏信心，并首次证明CLE通过增强信心和灌输职业身份来提高就业能力。本文提出了建议，并揭示了一个定制的就业能力模型，供CLE学生使用，以指导他们CLE对就业能力的影响。该模型可用于从就业能力的角度，通过明确CLE的好处和目的来丰富学生体验。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.