Public legal education

Public legal education

Public legal education comprises a range of activities intended to build public awareness and skills related to law and the justice system. This term also refers to the fields of practice and study concerned with those activities, and to a social and professional movement that advocates greater societal commitment to educating people about the law. Distinct from the education of students in law school seeking a degree in law (which is often simply called "legal education") and the continuing professional education of lawyers and judges (which is sometimes called "Continuing Legal Education"), public legal education is principally aimed at people who are not lawyers, judges, or degree-seeking law students.

The term public legal education (PLE) is related to, and may encompass, several similar terms.[1] The terms public legal information and public legal education and information (PLEI) emphasize a difference between educating and providing information.[2] The term community legal education[3] is common in Australia[4] and the United States,[5] where it often refers to community-based public legal education activities led by legal aid organizations. The term law-related education (LRE) usually refers to public legal education in primary and secondary schools (and sometimes in higher education), as opposed to PLE for adults and outside of school.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gander, Lois (2003). "The Changing Face of Public Legal Education in Canada". Canadian Forum on Civil Justice Newsletter (6): 4. http://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/issue_6/Newsletter_summer_2003%20-%20changing%20face%20of%20PLE.pdf 
  2. ^ McDonald, Susan (1998). Public Legal Education in Ontario Legal Clinics. pp. 53–57. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/MQ40664.pdf. 
  3. ^ McDonald, Susan (1998). Public Legal Education in Ontario Legal Clinics. pp. 50–53. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0002/MQ40664.pdf. 
  4. ^ "Community Legal Education services". Legal Aid Western Australia. http://www.legalaid.wa.gov.au/LAServices/aspx/default.aspx?page=community.xml. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  5. ^ "Community Legal Education course". Center for Legal Aid Education. Archived from the original on 2007-08-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070829150610/http://www.legalaideducation.org/community_ed. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  6. ^ Cassidy, Wanda (2000). "Law-Related Education: Promoting Awareness, Participation, and Action", 297–98, in Weaving Connections: Educating for Peace, Social and Environmental Justice (Tara Goldstein & David Selby, eds.). ISBN 1-894549-01-5.

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