Educating Lawyers for the 21st Century

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Ivor Richardson

Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law (Deceased)

Date Written: November 5, 1988

Abstract

This article was originally given as an address to the Australasian Professional Legal Education Conference held in Wellington on November 5, 1988. It considers some of the changes and challenges that may face those involved in legal education within the next ten years. The paper emphasizes some points from the Gold Report and concludes by listing five vital issues that will have to be resolved: the crucial features of legal practice, the relationship of professional responsibility and commercial performance, responding to technological advances, rectifying discrimination, and valuing cultural diversity.

Keywords: legal education, role of the legal profession, objects and principles of the legal system, law and society

JEL Classification: K10, K30

Suggested Citation

Richardson, Ivor, Educating Lawyers for the 21st Century (November 5, 1988). New Zealand Law Journal (86), March 1989, Victoria University of Wellington Legal Research Paper Series Richardson Paper No. 57 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2265661

Ivor Richardson (Contact Author)

Victoria University of Wellington, Faculty of Law (Deceased)

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