What is Legal Education for? Reassessing the Purposes of Early Twenty-First Century Learning and Law Schools | Law

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How we interpret and understand the historical contexts of legal education has profoundly affected how we understand contemporary educational cultures and practices. This book the result of a Modern Law Review seminar both celebrates and critiques the lasting impact of Peter Birks’ influential edited collection Pressing Problems in the Law: Volume 2: What is the Law School for? Published in 1996 his book addresses many critical issues that are hauntingly present in the 21st century amongst them the impact of globalisation; technological disruption; and the tension inherent in law schools as they seek to balance the competing interest of teaching research and administration. Yet Birks’ colle…