The Future of Legal Education: Do Law Schools Have the Right to Be Conservative?

Q3 Social Sciences

Baltic Journal of Law and Politics Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.2478/bjlp-2020-0008

Aušrinė Pasvenskienė, Paulius Astromskis

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Abstract This article explores how emerging technologies should shape legal studies, recognizing that the new technological era requires a new generation of tech-savvy lawyers who possess specific technology-related skills and knowledge. The article builds on analysis of the future of work through the lens of the International Labor Organization Centenary Declaration, followed by an analysis of the right to education, leading to the formation of a theoretical justification of the legal duty to adapt the legal education curriculum to a technology-driven future. This article exposes the existing state of the legal education curriculum with a systematic analysis of the existing Law & Tech master’s programs at leading universities worldwide. This research demonstrates that relatively few (9.8%) leading world universities offer specialized Law & Tech master’s programs. This clear underdevelopment of the Law & Tech curriculum suggests that deeply embedded conservatism in legal education might be violating the rights of future lawyers – the right to work and the right to education, in particular.

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法律教育的未来：法学院有保守的权利吗？

摘要本文探讨了新兴技术应该如何影响法律研究，认识到新技术时代需要新一代精通技术的律师，他们拥有特定的技术相关技能和知识。本文以通过国际劳工组织《百年宣言》对未来工作的分析为基础，然后对受教育权进行分析，从而形成了使法律教育课程适应技术驱动的未来的法律义务的理论依据。本文通过对世界领先大学现有法律与技术硕士课程的系统分析，揭示了法律教育课程的现状。这项研究表明，相对较少（9.8%）的世界领先大学提供专门的法律与技术硕士课程。法律与技术课程的这种明显的不发达表明，法律教育中根深蒂固的保守主义可能侵犯了未来律师的权利，尤其是工作权和受教育权。

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Baltic Journal of Law and Politics Social Sciences-Law

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0.70

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12 weeks

期刊介绍： Baltic Journal of Law & Politics (BJLP) is a scholarly journal, published bi-annually in electronic form as a joint publication of the Faculty of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Faculty of Law of Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania). BJLP provides a platform for the publication of scientific research in the fields of law and politics, with a particular emphasis on interdisciplinary research that cuts across these traditional categories. Topics may include, but are not limited to the Baltic Region; research into issues of comparative or general theoretical significance is also encouraged. BJLP is peer-reviewed and published in English.