Learning to reflect in the first year of legal education : the key to surviving legal education and legal practice
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01/07/2009
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Lawyers and law students suffer significant rates of depression and substance abuse. This paper suggests that Law Schools have an obligation to assist students to develop the emotional intelligence necessary in order to cope with the stressful nature of legal practice. We draw on Schön’s discussion of the indeterminate zone of professional practice to suggest that reflective practice is the means by which students can become sufficiently emotionally intelligent to become balanced and happy lawyers. We suggest that incorporating reflective practice in intentional curriculum design in the first year of law is an effective first step in assisting students to develop the emotional intelligence necessary to survive the study and practice of law. |
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Queensland University of Technology |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27280/1/c27280.pdf http://www.fyhe.qut.edu.au/past_papers/papers09/content/html/sessions.html McNamara, Judith, Field, Rachael, & Brown, Catherine (2009) Learning to reflect in the first year of legal education : the key to surviving legal education and legal practice. In Proceeding of the First Year in Higher Education Conference, 29 June - 1 July 2009, Townsville, Queensland. |
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Copyright 2009 Judith McNamara, Rachael Field, Catherine Brown |
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Faculty of Law; School of Law |
Palavras-Chave | #130103 Higher Education #Legal education #First year experience #reflective practice #HERN #LJHERN |
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Conference Paper |