This edited book addresses contemporary challenges in clinical legal education (CLE),
considering its role in legal education and in the broader community it serves. Written by
experts from various international contexts, the book explores how the changing nature and
requirements of legal practice alongside social and technological developments affect the
pedagogy of clinical legal education. Chapters chart the development of clinical legal
education across various jurisdictions and examine developments in programme design …

2 Introduction simultaneously fulfilling CLE's inward-looking, student-focused obligations
and its outward-facing social responsibilities. This book brings together a collection of
chapters written by experts in CLE, who are well placed to expound and reflect on
pedagogical and programme developments, the current role of CLE, and what this might be
in the future. The authors highlight how clinical pedagogy has been infused into the broader
law school curriculum in innovative and diverse ways. This infusion has, in turn, had an …