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- 1. Turning Threats intoOpportunities? How legal aid cuts and government target setting has paved the way for the expansionof legal educationin the UK and beyond. Elizabeth Smart – Programme & Clinical Lead for Law
- 2. The Traditional LawClinic Model • Clinical Movement in the UK started 30 years ago • First Clinic set up in the UK in •SHU Clinic – established in 1993 •Most clinics are in house – funded by the University •Most of the original clinics – formed part of student’s study •Multi –disciplinary practice •Open only during term time
- 3. Opportunities to expandclinical provision Challenges in the Profession • Cuts to LegalAid •Changes to funding civil claims •Commoditisation of Legal services •Technology •Legal ServicesAct – introducedAlternative Business Structures Key Drivers for University •Student Experience •Develop Student’s Employability Skills •Internationalisation of the curriculum
- 4. What does itlook like in 2014 - Innovations
- 5. The Sheffield Experience HallamLaw Hallam Justice Specialist Clinic HallamAppeals Law in Practice Prison Clinic International Streetlaw Prisons Environmental Streetlaw Court help desk Human Rights
- 7. Helena Kennedy Centrefor International Justice • Official launch 15 January 2015 • New web site • http://www.shu.ac.uk/testing/law/
- 8. Partnership opportunities • Courts– Civil and Criminal • Charities - PSU • Businesses - Sheffield Chamber of Commerce • Solicitor firms - Freshfields, Irwin Mitchell, Clifford Chance • Chambers - Garden Court • Universities - Sheffield
- 9. Hallam Court HelpDesk • Fusion of red brick and new • Personal Support Unit • Small claims • Work referral • Increase in footfall
- 10. Student enterprise • Studentengagement • Curriculum design • Management • Apprenticeships • Paralegals • Trainees • ABS – different partnerships models
- 11. How students learn? •Learning by doing • Tutor facilitation • Benefits: • Personal responsibility • Independent learning • Life skills • Aspirational and confidence building • Creation of a student voice
- 12. Student Voice • Studentdirectors i.e. Case Screening • Student File reviewers and auditors • Student presence in Management meetings • Charity co-ordinators • Marketing officers
- 13. Community impact andsocial justice • Increase in number of clients assisted every year • Assistance to those in need at court • Assistance to those in prison • School presentations • Presentations to prisoners and advice e- books and leaflets
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