Legal Education and Legal Profession During and After COVID-19

This edited volume explores the transformations brought about by leaders in legal education and the legal profession during the COVID-19 pandemic, using case studies, ideas, psychological, philosophical, and sociological aspects, and spiritual and material sources of motivation. It seeks to answer questions about how leaders adapted, reimagined ambitions, reordered systems and processes, received guidance and support, guaranteed well-being, and upheld professional values and ethics.

Format: Hardback
Length: 325 pages
Publication date: 14 July 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This edited volume captures the remarkable transformations brought about by leaders in legal education and the legal profession. It presents case studies of experiences and experiments in the governance of law schools and the legal profession during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting ideas that contributed to resilience and offering insights for the future. The book explores the psychological, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the transformation, as well as the spiritual and material sources of motivation for leadership. The contributions are organized into five themes:

The shifting idea of law school: Systems and processes
The "new normal" in legal profession
Psychological, philosophical, and sociological aspects of transformation
Experiences from global regions and countries
Legal education and legal profession in a post-COVID world

Through these five themes and eighteen contributions, the volume aims to address critical questions such as how educational and professional leaders adapted to the circumstances by building a "new normal"? How and to what extent their own legal education and professional experiences informed their actions during the pandemic? How they re-imagined ambitions and reordered systems and processes? What type of guidance and support they received from the state and regulatory bodies? How they ensured the well-being of students, faculty, and staff during the pandemic and the transition? How they upheld professional values and ethics when contexts of their application collapsed?

The book provides valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by legal education and the legal profession during a period of unprecedented change. It will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and practitioners alike, as it offers a comprehensive examination of the transformations underway and the strategies employed by leaders to navigate them successfully.

Weight: 682g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811925672
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022