Modernising Legal Education

Over the last decade cost pressures technology automation globalisation de-regulation and changing client relationships have transformed the practice of law but legal education has been slow to respond. Deciding what learning objectives a law degree ought to prioritise and how to best strike the balance between vocational and academic training are questions of growing importance for students regulators educators and the legal profession. This collection provides a range of perspectives on the suite of skills required by the future lawyer and the various approaches to supporting their acquisition. Contributions report on a variety of curriculum initiatives including role-play gamification virtual reality project-based learning design thinking data analytics clinical legal education apprenticeships experiential learning and regulatory reform and in doing so offer a vision of what modern legal education might look like.