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the global clinical movement
educating lawyers for
social justice
edited by frank s. bloch
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contents
Preface ix
List of Contibutors xi
Introduction by Frank S. Bloch xxi
part i. the global reach of clinical legal education
Introduction to Part I 1
1. The First Wave of Modern Clinical Legal Education: The United States,
Britain, Canada, and Australia 3
jeff giddings, roger burridge, shelley a. m. gavigan,
and catherine f. klein
2. Clinical Legal Education in Africa: Legal Education and
Community Service 23
david mcquoid-mason, ernest ojukwu, and
george mukundi wachira
3. The Clinical Movement in Southeast Asia and India: A Comparative
Perspective and Lessons to be Learned 37
bruce a. lasky and m. r. k. prasad
4. Clinical Legal Education in Central and Eastern Europe: Selected
Case Studies 53
mariana berbec-rostas, arkady gutnikov, and
barbara namyslowska-gabrysiak
5. Clinical Legal Education in Latin America: Toward Public Interest 69
erika castro-buitrago, nicolás espejo-yaksic,
mariela puga, and marta villarreal
6. The “Chinese Characteristics” of Clinical Legal Education 87
cai yanmin and j. l. pottenger, jr.
7. Japan’s New Clinical Programs: A Study of Light and Shadow 105
shigeo miyagawa, takao suami, peter a. joy, and
charles d. weisselberg
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8. The Bologna Process and the Future of Clinical Education in
Europe: A View from Spain 121
diego blázquez-martín
9. Beyond Legal Imperialism: US Clinical Legal Education and
the New Law and Development 135
richard j. wilson
part ii. the justice mission of global clinical education
Introduction to Part II 151
10. Legal Aid Origins of Clinical Legal Education 153
frank s. bloch and mary anne noone
11. Community Law Clinics: Teaching Students, Working with
Disadvantaged Communities 167
anna cody and barbara schatz
12. Addressing Lawyer Competence, Ethics, and Professionalism 183
nigel duncan and susan l. kay
13. The Impact of Public Interest Law on Legal Education 197
daniela ikawa
14. Justice Education, Law Reform, and the Clinical Method 211
les m crimmon and edward santow
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15. Street Law and Social Justice Education 225
richard grimes, david mcquoid-mason, ed o’brien, and
judy zimmer
16. Legal Literacy Projects: Clinical Experience of Empowering
the Poor in India 241
ajay pandey and sheena shukkur
17. Advancing Social Justice through ADR and Clinical Legal Education in
India, South Africa, and the United States 253
karen tokarz and v. nagaraj
part iii. the global clinical movement and educating lawyers
for social justice
Introduction to Part III 265
18. The Global Clinical Movement 267
frank s. bloch and n. r. madhava menon
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19. The Role of National and Regional Clinical Organizations in
the Global Clinical Movement 279
margaret martin barry, filip czernicki, izabela kras´nicka,
and mao ling
20. Bridging Different Interests: The Contributions of Clinics to
Legal Education 297
jeff giddings and jennifer lyman
21. Clinical Scholarship and the Development of the Global
Clinical Movement 311
neil gold and philip plowden
22. Externships: A Special Focus to Help Understand and
Advance Social Justice 323
liz ryan cole
23. Setting an Agenda for the Global Clinical Movement 335
margaret (peggy) maisel
24. Normative Attractions to Law and Their Recipe for Accountability
and Self-Assessment in Justice Education 353
adrian evans
25. The Global Alliance for Justice Education 371
edward santow and george mukundi wachira
Index 383
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preface
Twenty-fi ve years ago—and ten years into my law teaching career—I found myself
in the offi ce of Dr. N.R. Madhava Menon, then the head of the Campus Law
Centre of Delhi University. I had heard from colleagues in the United States that
he and a few others in India, most notably Professor Upendra Baxi, were seeking
to introduce clinical methods into India’s tradition-bound system of legal educa-
tion by establishing university-based legal aid clinics. I was about to apply for a
Fulbright grant to teach abroad during an upcoming sabbatical year, and I was
looking for a host institution where I could concentrate on legal aid and clinical
legal education. As we mapped out plans for what turned out to be a wonderfully
rewarding year for me with Dr. Menon and his colleagues, I had a sense that my
life as a clinical legal educator was about to change dramatically. But I could not
have imagined the richness of the experience that global clinical legal education
would bring to me, both personally and professionally. This book presents much
of what I have come to learn about global clinical education—in the words of
many of the people who have taught me so much over the past twenty-fi ve years.
Another catalyst for this book is the Global Alliance for Justice Education
(GAJE). This book is not about GAJE, but the organization has had a pervasive
infl uence on its content and production. Not coincidentally, the idea of GAJE—a
global alliance of law teachers and others committed to achieving justice through
education—was fi rst fl oated at an internationally staffed “refresher course” for
Indian clinical teachers organized by Dr. Menon. The fi rst concrete steps toward
establishing the organization were taken during a clinical conference organized
by the Section on Clinical Legal Education of the Association of American Law
Schools at which Dr. Menon gave the keynote address titled, “In Defense of
Socially Relevant Legal Education.” Many of the topics discussed in this book
reference GAJE activities; most of the contributors to this book are among GAJE’s
700-plus members, and most of them have participated in one or more of the fi ve
worldwide conferences that the organization has held over the past ten years.
One of clinical legal education’s more popular themes is collaboration; col-
laboration between teacher and student, collaboration among clinicians, and col-
laboration across disciplines. It was my honor to orchestrate this particular
collaboration among a group of extraordinary clinical law teachers, and I cannot
thank them enough for their hard work on this project—in the face of the heavy
competing demands placed on them by an active clinical practice. It was a plea-
sure to collaborate with colleagues who truly value the act of collaboration.
I must also thank Vanderbilt University Law School for summer grant support
that allowed me to develop and carry out the project, and to my alma mater,
Columbia University Law School, for hosting me as a Scholar in Residence for a
