Amended Call for Papers
9th International Journal of Clinical Legal Education
Conference
Monday 11th – Friday 15th July 2011
University of Valencia, Spain
Life, the Universe and Clinic:
What questions does Clinic answer?
In partnership with the 6th Global Alliance for Justice
Education (GAJE) Conference
Hosted by
the Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of
Valencia
The International Journal of Clinical Legal Education at Northumbria University
is proud to announce its 9th annual international legal education conference. Previous
conferences have been held in London (2003), Edinburgh (2004), Melbourne (2005),
London (2006), Johannesburg (2007), Cork (2008), Perth/Fremantle (2009) and
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2010). These conferences serve as unique forum in which
clinical educators from many jurisdictions come together to discuss all aspects of
clinical teaching and learning, to learn from one another and to share best practice.
More information is available at: www.ijcle.com.
The conference will bring together academics, lawyers, students and social activists
with an exciting mix of keynote speech, panel discussion, formal presentation and
interactive workshop sessions. There will be lots of opportunity for participation,
collaboration and dialogue.
Partnership with Global Alliance for Justice Education (GAJE) conference
GAJE is an alliance of persons committed to achieving justice through education.
Clinical education of law students is a key component of justice education, but GAJE
also works to advance other forms of socially relevant legal education, which includes
education of practicing lawyers, judges, non-governmental organizations and the lay
public. To date, GAJE has organized five international conferences in: India (1999),
South Africa (2001), Poland (2004), Argentina (2006), and the Philippines (2008).
The Conference will be held, for the first time, in partnership with the 6th GAJE
Worldwide Conference at the same venue. The two conferences will be held
concurrently in order to bring together delegates with a wide range of shared interests,
with each conference contributing its own theme. Conference sessions will be steams,
some of which will follow the IJCLE theme and others will follow the GAJE theme.
The IJCLE theme is “Life, the Universe and Clinic: What questions does Clinic
answer?” The GAJE theme is “Combatting Social Injustice Through Justice
Education”. More information about the GAJE theme and related streams can be
found at www.gaje.org.
Local Partners
The Institute for Human Rights at the University of Valencia (IUDHUV) is a
research unit within the University established by the Valencian Regional
Government in 2005. It offers courses on human rights, law, and international
protection of rights and participates actively in post-graduate courses and organizes
practicum for its students in the field of human rights. It also serves as the host unit
for the pioneer legal clinic focusing on international protection of human rights. More
information is available at: www.uv.es/idh.
Other local partners include the Legal Clinic at the University of Valencia; the Human
Rights Institute Bartolomé de las Casas at University Carlos III in Madrid, the Legal
Clinic “Dret al Dret” at the University of Barcelona, and CEDAT (Centre d’Estudis
de Dret Ambiental de Tarragona) at the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona.
IJCLE conference themes
Life the Universe and Clinic: What Questions Does Clinic Answer?
We expect a lot from clinical legal education. At the same time it is expected to
achieve or encourage professional skills development, ethical awareness, deep legal
knowledge, collaborative and lifelong learning, reflective practice, social justice
activism and a host of other ambitious objectives. Recent years have seen increased
and at times conflicting demands placed on clinics by institutions, by students and by
clients and there is rarely an opportunity to pause and re-examine the nature and value
of the clinical enterprise, the scope of its aspiration and the path ahead.
This conference will offer participants a chance to ask questions and seek to articulate
answers about the purpose(s) of clinical legal education. Papers will explore the
educational, socio-economic and political contexts of clinic, the opportunities for
achieving more and the pedagogic and other limitations that clinic faces. If clinical
learning is not the answer to life the universe and everything the conference will
address what it can and should realistically be expected to achieve.
This year’s particular conference streams:
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Purposes and rationales of clinical legal education: what clinic can and cannot
achieve
Clinic and professional development: skills, knowledge, ethics, professionalism
Clinic and lifelong learning: collaboration, teamwork, reflection
Clinic and personal development: experience, interpersonal skills, emotional
intelligence, maturity
Clinic and social justice: public legal education, community projects, legal aid
schemes, pro bono publico, balancing client and student needs
Clinic and the law curriculum: the learning outcomes of clinic, relationship to
other learning methods, clinic and curriculum coverage, curricular innovation,
simulated experience, intra or extra-curricular activities
Clinical collaboration: cross disciplinary initiatives, cross jurisdictional
partnerships, barriers to collaboration
Papers are also welcome in relation to standing conference themes:
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Internationalising clinical legal education
Trends in international clinical legal education
Clinic twinning projects
Clinical scholarship
Reporting research findings (final or interim)
Assessment /grading of clinical legal education
Evidencing best practice
New clinics and new clinicians
Review of clinic operations
Student and faculty attitudes to clinical learning
Call for Papers / Submission of Proposals
The call for papers is now open.
To submit a proposal for a conference session, click on the Submit a Proposal page
of the conference website www.ijcle.com. Proposals should be submitted by 1 April
2011. Proposals for IJCLE stream papers should be emailed to
kevin.kerrigan@northumbria.ac.uk. Proposals for GAJE stream papers should be
submitted via the GAJE website.
All proposals will be considered by a conference planning group and submission of a
proposal does not guarantee that it will be accepted. Consideration of papers will
begin prior to the deadline so early proposals may receive a decision and confirmation
of participation more quickly.
If a proposal is deemed more appropriate for a GAJE stream it may be passed on to
the GAJE committee for consideration. Submission of a proposal signifies your and
any co-author’s consent to your proposal being passed to GAJE for this purpose.
Conference fee and registration
The conference fee is $US 375. This is the fee for the whole conference – there is no
additional fee to pay for the GAJE streams. The fee includes all conference sessions
and materials, lunches, a conference dinner, and two receptions. The fee will increase
to $US 450 after 30 April 2011 so please register early. All delegates, including
speakers, are required to pay the conference fee unless they qualify for fee waiver or
reduction (more details on the GAJE website).
How to Register
All conference registration and payment is processed via the GAJE website. To
register for the conference, complete the form on the Registration page of the GAJE
website. The preferred method of payment is by credit card; however, arrangements
can be made for payment by cheque in US dollars, British pounds, or Euros.