Download or read book The Global Evolution of Clinical Legal Education written by Richard J. Wilson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, the methodologies of legal education have not changed in any fundamental way, some methods dating back hundreds of years. Law schools have relied, for too long, on passive learning methods such as lectures or cases. Clinical legal education provides an alternative that is more than just another pedagogical method. It provides a way for students to experience their emerging professional selves, while providing services or projects with poor and underrepresented clients. This book documents both the historical origins of clinical experiments in the earliest days of US university legal education, and the now-global reach of clinical pedagogy as a proven tool for effective training of legal professionals.