Download This PaperCyberclinics: Law Schools, Technology and Justice
Educating the Digital Lawyer, at 8-1 (O. Goodenough & M. Lauritsen eds., Berkman Center at Harvard University 2011).
10 Pages Posted: 10 Oct 2013
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
The civil justice system is failing the poor, and law schools are failing their students. Despite these shortcomings, there are only a handful of law school courses and clinical opportunities where law students can learn the skills needed to thrive in today’s technology-driven law practice — a practice that needs to grow resources to help low-income people face the legal system.
This chapter proposes that every law school should offer its students an option to take an Apps 4 Justice Clinic. Such a clinical course can deliver essential education for students entering a technology rich law practice and simultaneously improve our legal services delivery system for the poor.
Keywords: cyberclinics, law school, technology, justice, legal education, Apps 4 Justice Clinic, low-income, lawyering, clinic, legal services
JEL Classification: K30, K39, K40, K49
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Ronald W. Staudt (Contact Author)
Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology ( email )
565 W. Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
United States