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Introduction
Thisintroductionfocusesontwoimportantcontributionsthatthisbook,arisingfrom
"TheNeedforaNewLawSchool”conference,makestothedialogueonlegaleducation
reform.First,theauthorsengagethefundamentalquestionofgoalsforlegaleducation.
Toooftenlegaleducationreformdiscussionsfocusonteachingmethodsandinstitutional
structurewithoutrelatingthesemeanstotheendssoughttobeserved.Second,thisbook
providesdataandcasestudiesonexistinglawschoolconditionsinseveralcountries
fromwhichreaderscanassessthesimilaritiesanddifferencesinthedifficultiesfaced.
Implementedandproposedreforminitiativesalsoaredescribed.Implementedinitiatives
areevaluatedintermsoftheirsuccesses,challenges,andsomeunintendedconsequences.
SomeinitiativesdescribedwereresponsestotheprinciplespromotedbytheBologna
process,1whileothersresultedfromnationallegislativeoradministrativerequirements,
aschool’sownreforms,oranindividualprofessor’sinnovations.Thesecasestudies
enablereaderstoreflectuponeffectiveleversforandsignificantobstaclestochangein
legaleducation.
ThebookopenswithachapterbyDiegoBlázquezMartinfocusingonthecentral
questionoflegaleducationgoals.Whileallthechaptersengagelegaleducationgoalsas
apointofdeparturefortheirdiscussionsofexistingconditions,existingreforminitiatives,
andproposalsforchange,therestofthechaptersareorderedaroundthreetopicsthat
wereidentifiedin"TheNeedforaNewLawSchool”conferencecallforpapers.The
rsttopic,lawschoolgovernance,isaddressedinPartTwobyMichielvandeKasteelen.
Thesecondtopic,optimalacademiccurriculaandteachingmethods,isthesubjectofthe
chaptersinPartThreebyDaniyilE.Fedorchuk,ElidaNogoibaevaandKamilaMateeva,
SusanaBorràs(alongwithherUniversitatRoviraiVirgili,TarragonacolleaguesLucia
Casado,AitanaDelaVarga,AngelesGaliana,JordiJaria,MariaMarquès,AnnaPallarès,
andAntoniPigrau),andMartaJaninaSkrodzka.PartFour,withchaptersbyFryderyk
Zoll;DubravkaAkšamović;MihaelaVidaicu,NadejdaHriptievschi,andMariaMutu-
Strulea;andIrmaGelashviliandNinoRukhadze,considersthethirdtopic,modelsfor
academiccareersinlaw.
1ForfurtherinformationontheprocessofhighereducationreforminitiatedbytheMagnaCartaof
EuropeanUniversities,signedinBolognaonSeptember18,1988,bytherectorsof(European)universities,
the"Bolognaprocess,”seeMichielvandeKasteelen,"FacultyManagement:aMatterofBalance,”which
appearsinthisvolume.