TY - JOUR
T1 - Professionalism in higher education
T2 - important not only for lawyers
AU - Dagilyte, Egle
AU - Coe, Peter
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Teacher trainer on 31/01/2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/03069400.2013.875303
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This article considers how, in light of the changing legal profession and higher education, academia could address professionalism training. The authors put forward an argument that, if professionalism is to be understood as a set of skills, values and attitudes required for any lawyer, it is now a good time to consider how these could be taught and assessed in law and non-law degrees. The formation of professional values and attitudes is a long process that continues throughout a person’s life. The earlier students are exposed to professional values, attitudes and skills, the better the quality of service these future lawyers will provide to the public. Taking into account the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) recommendations, the article suggests some practical ways as to how professionalism could be developed in higher education.
AB - This article considers how, in light of the changing legal profession and higher education, academia could address professionalism training. The authors put forward an argument that, if professionalism is to be understood as a set of skills, values and attitudes required for any lawyer, it is now a good time to consider how these could be taught and assessed in law and non-law degrees. The formation of professional values and attitudes is a long process that continues throughout a person’s life. The earlier students are exposed to professional values, attitudes and skills, the better the quality of service these future lawyers will provide to the public. Taking into account the Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) recommendations, the article suggests some practical ways as to how professionalism could be developed in higher education.
U2 - 10.1080/03069400.2013.875303
DO - 10.1080/03069400.2013.875303
M3 - Special issue
SN - 1943-0353
VL - 48
SP - 33
EP - 50
JO - Law Teacher
JF - Law Teacher
IS - 1
ER -