International Journal of Clinical Legal Education最新文献

Law Reform Clinical Programmes Should be Promoted in Law Schools: An Explanation 法学院应推广法律改革临床项目：解释

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1392

Kris Gledhill, Robin Palmer

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When Worlds Collide 当世界相撞

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1335

Shania Essah Ceralde Aurelio

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The Impact of Policy Work on Employability Skills in the Policy Project Connected to the Criminal Appeals Clinic at the Open University 开放大学刑事上诉诊所政策项目中政策工作对就业能力技能的影响

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1373

Emma Curryer, Carol Edwards

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Not a Blueprint: Reflections on the Cardiff Environmental Law and Policy Clinic 不是蓝图：对卡迪夫环境法律与政策诊所的思考

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1395

Wilkes Tabea, Ben Pontin, Guy Linley-Adams, Price Julie

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"Training is Everything": How to Prepare Students for Policy Clinic Projects "培训就是一切如何让学生为政策诊所项目做好准备

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1374

Liz Hardie

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Policy Clinics Across the Globe: Development, Impact and Collaboration 全球政策诊所：发展、影响与合作

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.2024.1470

Siobhan McConnell, Rachel Dunn, Lyndsey Bengtsson

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Lessons Learned from Remote Delivery: Supervision and the Student Experience 远程授课的经验教训：监督与学生体验

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.v30i3.1408

Jacqueline Weinberg, Jeff Giddings

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Law Students as Active Citizens: Instilling a Career-Long Commitment to Pro Bono and Social Justice via the CLE Curriculum 作为积极公民的法律学生：通过 CLE 课程灌输对公益和社会正义的长期承诺

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.v30i3.1366

Andrea Todd

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Clinical Legal Education as an Instrument to Adress Access to Justice 将临床法律教育作为解决诉诸司法问题的工具

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.v30i3.1279

Hannah Franz

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Feeding up and Feeding Back: Exploring the Value of Peer Learning through a Law Clinic setting 反哺与回馈：通过法律诊所探索同伴学习的价值

International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.19164/ijcle.v30i3.1346

Louise Hewitt, Lucy Yeatman

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