The push for practical legal skills education in Qatar: Results from an externship program
Author | Deehring, Melissa |
Available date | 2017-03-26T10:26:13Z |
Publication Date | 2016-07 |
Publication Name | International Review of Law |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/irl.2016.10 |
Citation | Deehring M. The push for practical legal skills education in Qatar: Results from an externship program, International Review of Law 2016:10 pp1–17 |
ISSN | 2223-859X |
Abstract | For decades, educators across the world have been advocating for educational reform that would increase the number of practical skills courses included in traditional legal education. In 2011, Qatar University College of Law established a practical skills class, the Externship Program, designed to teach students real life lawyering skills, encourage graduates to pursue legal careers, and overcome existing administrative, cultural and social barriers while preserving Qatari identity and customs. This article will first briefly present some existing scholarship regarding the global push for practical skills legal education before explaining results achieved by Qatar University and making the argument that more practical skills education can and should be implemented in the MENA region. |
Sponsor | The Qatar National Research Fund NPRP Proposal No.:NPRP9-341-5-047 |
Language | en |
Publisher | Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) |
Subject | practical skills education clinical education graduate employability externship program Qatar Middle East legal education |
Type | Article |
Pagination | 1-17 |
Issue Number | 2 |
Volume Number | 2016 |
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