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The Five Lessons I Learned through Clinical Education

Nadia Chiesa
affiliation not provided to SSRN

October 20, 2009

CLPE Research Paper No. 40/2009

Abstract:
Legal education has long been criticized for failing to prepare students for the realities of the practice of law. This article explores how clinical legal education programmes, offered at many Canadian law schools, may respond to this criticism and provide an alternative to traditional legal education. Through a reflection on the experience of working as a student at a community legal aid clinic, the author offers a student's perspective on the challenges and rewards of pursuing this type of legal education and discusses how clinical legal education may better equip law students for their future career.

Keywords: Legal Education, Clinical education

JEL Classifications: K10, K40

Working Paper Series

Date posted: October 21, 2009 ; Last revised: October 21, 2009

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Chiesa, Nadia, The Five Lessons I Learned through Clinical Education (October 20, 2009). CLPE Research Paper No. 40/2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1491447

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