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CUHK LAW Directions in Legal Education Seminar – ‘Exploring Legal Academics, Law Firms and Law Graduates’ Views on Graduate Attributes’ by Dr. Francine Ryan (Online)
2 Oct 2024
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Dr. Francine Ryan is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Open Justice Centre which has pioneered clinical legal education in an online and distance learning setting. The Open Justice Centre develops innovative pedagogy that provides students with the opportunity to enhance their skills and experiences to support them in the changing employment market. This is underpinned by pioneering cutting edge research that informs the curriculum and showcases technology enhanced experiential learning. Francine is leading on the development of virtual courtroom, which is an innovative project seeking to transform legal education and widen access to justice using virtual reality technology. Francine’s research interests include the intersection between law and technology, graduate attributes, and clinical legal education. She has published her research in academic journals, edited collections and presented at conferences in the UK, and internationally. Francine is the co-author of Digital Lawyering Technology and legal practice in the 21st century.
law@cuhk.edu.hk
Changes in the higher education market are increasingly requiring universities to demonstrate the value of a university education and universities seek to do this through institutional graduate attributes frameworks. Graduate attributes have predominately been constructed as generic and separate from the disciplinary context. This paper presents an examination of graduate attributes within the discipline of law drawing on 43 interviews with legal academics, law firms and law graduates from the UK. The paper explores four types of graduates: the adaptable, confident, resilient, and critical graduate they have been developed from the analysis. The paper explores four types of graduates: the adaptable, confident, resilient, and critical graduate which have been developed from the analysis.
Language: English
