Perspectives on Legal Education: Contemporary Responses to the Upjohn Lectures

This edited collection offers a critical overview of the major debates in legal education set in the context of the Lord Upjohn Lectures, the annual event that draws together legal educators and professionals in the United Kingdom to consider the major debates and changes in the field.

Presented in a unique format that reproduces classic lectures alongside contemporary responses from legal education experts, this book offers both an historical overview of how these debates have developed and an up-to-date critical commentary on the state of legal education today. As the full impact of the introduction of university fees, the Legal Education and Training Review and the regulators’ responses are felt in law departments across England and Wales, this collection offers a timely reflection on legal education’s legacy, as well as critical debate on how it will develop in the future.

Chris Ashford is Professor of Law and Society at Northumbria University. He is Editor of The Law Teacher: the International Journal of Legal Education and Chair of the Association of Law Teachers.

Nigel Duncan is Professor of Legal Education at City University and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is convenor of Teaching Legal Ethics UK and Consultant Editor of The Law Teacher.

Jessica Guth is Head of Law at the University of Bradford School of Law. She is the Deputy Editor of The Law Teacher and Vice Chair of the Association of Law Teachers.