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Law Graduates' Skills - A Pilot Study into Employers' Perspectives

Elisabeth Peden
University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

Joellen Riley
University of New South Wales - Faculty of Law



Legal Education Review, Vol. 15, No. 1 & 2, pp. 87-124, 2005
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/81

Abstract:     
This article provides the results of a pilot survey conducted into gauging the views of employers of Sydney University law graduates' legal skills. A number of known employers (from law firms to NGOs and government) were asked what they considered the strengths and weaknesses of the legal skill base of law graduates from Sydney University and also what legal skills they would like university law graduates to possess (keeping in mind that law graduates would undertake practical legal training after graduating at specialised colleges before they would be admitted to practice). The article considers the legal scholarship concerning skills training and theoretical and practical arguments about skills training.

Keywords: legal education, skills training, employers' perspectives

JEL Classifications: K10, K40, I21

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Date posted: December 01, 2007 ; Last revised: December 01, 2007

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Peden, Elisabeth and Riley, Joellen, Law Graduates' Skills - A Pilot Study into Employers' Perspectives. Legal Education Review, Vol. 15, No. 1 & 2, pp. 87-124, 2005; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 07/81. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1034823


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Elisabeth Peden (Contact Author)
University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )
Faculty of Law Building, F10
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia
Joellen Riley
University of New South Wales - Faculty of Law ( email )
Kensington 2052, New South Wales Australia
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