Vocational Legal Education in Asia: innovation, interaction and information technology

Abstract

Legal education in Asia, including but not limited to mainland China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, has been undergoing significant changes in the past decade. Experiential learning has played an increasingly important role in their legal education reforms. Largely based on the models of the US and the UK, experiential learning in various forms such as law clinic, simulation and internship are of various degrees of success (or failure) in the Asian law schools. Some of these law schools are recently taking advantage of information technology in order to enhance the interactivity and the degree of realism in their experiential learning environment. (abstract by CALI)