The Importance of Inculcating the ‘Pro Bono Ethos’ in Law Students, and the Opportunities to Do It Better

IF 0.7 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
John R Corker
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Abstract

This paper argues why it is vital to inculcate law students with a pro bono ethos on their journey through law school to becoming a lawyer, and suggests ways that we might do this better during a student’s legal education and practical legal training in Australia. Based on the argument that professionalism is more than ever under threat and its survival in the law, as much as anywhere, seems increasingly fragile, it makes the case for the importance of this issue and suggests practical opportunities for students, law schools, providers of practical legal training, and regulation to better inculcate law students with the pro bono ethos, and to enhance the ethical value of lawyers providing ‘public service’. The paper examines what we might mean by the pro bono ethos, the current ways that this issue is approached in Australia and compares student pro bono, clinical legal education’ pre-admission rules, and other initiatives in the USA, Canada and the UK, as well as the Australian regulatory framework, to arrive at conclusions about opportunities for change.
向法律系学生灌输“公益精神”的重要性,以及做得更好的机会
本文阐述了为什么在法学院学生成为律师的过程中,向他们灌输公益精神至关重要,并提出了在澳大利亚学生的法律教育和实践法律培训中,我们可以更好地做到这一点的方法,它似乎越来越脆弱,它证明了这一问题的重要性,并为学生、法学院、实际法律培训提供者和监管机构提供了切实可行的机会,以更好地向法律学生灌输公益精神,并提高提供“公共服务”的律师的道德价值。本文考察了我们所说的无偿精神的含义,澳大利亚目前处理这一问题的方式,并比较了学生无偿服务、临床法律教育的入学前规则、美国、加拿大和英国的其他举措以及澳大利亚的监管框架,以得出关于变革机会的结论。
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Legal Education Review
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