Pub Date : 2022-08-29DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2022.2114481
Ai Nhan Ho
ABSTRACT This paper discusses various possibilities and perspectives for the future of Vietnamese CLE. Informed by the Vietnam Empirical Research and based on the current status of CLE in Vietnam, the paper has made suggestions for various directions for Vietnamese law schools to follow in addressing the challenges that face the adoption and incorporation of CLE in law curricula. These include choosing appropriate CLE models; designing CLE programs as accredited subjects in law curricula; and improving clinical supervision. In the current Vietnamese legal education system with various challenges, the Vietnam Empirical Research generally affirmed CLE as an appropriate educational strategy for the future. As the global advancement of CLE progresses, this opinion is widely and increasingly held among different legal education stakeholders in Vietnam. However, the success and long history of CLE elsewhere will not necessarily guarantee a similar result in Vietnam, given the differences in social, political, and legal systems. The future of Vietnamese CLE therefore will depend on how law schools, central government, relevant national agencies, and other legal education stakeholders in Vietnam regard and adopt clinical approaches in teaching law.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-25DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2022.2101461
Jibran Jamshed, Naila Kareem, Waheed Rafique, M. Javed
ABSTRACT The primary objective of this empirical study is to determine and analyze the different aspects of lawyer-client relationships. The study will find out the different problems faced by lawyers while dealing with clients along with determining the factors related to trust issues, fee-related issues, and clients’ expectations. The lawyer-client relationship is of paramount importance in the legal profession. In this quantitative study, a survey design is used as a research methodology. Data is collected through a structured questionnaire and the population of this study consists of lawyers in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. The questionnaire was distributed among the participants to collect data regarding the profile of their clients, fee-related matters, client expectation, client trust, and problems faced while dealing with clients. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS V-23) is used to analyze the data and then it was presented using descriptive statistics in form of diagrams and tables. This study revealed that lawyer finds it difficult to get their legal remunerations from their clients and it is difficult for them to earn their trust. It also transpires that clients have very high expectations from their lawyers and lawyers have to face many problems while dealing with the clients.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-19DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2022.2074424
M. Lamkaddem, S. Tonnon, Maaike C. Keesen, Esther M. Verboon, Quirine E. Eijkman, G. van der Veen
ABSTRACT Introduction The Legal Services counters (LSC) is the first contact point for legal aid in the Netherlands. Professionals reported dealing with a client group combining problems on several dimensions, next to the legal issue. This combination (multiple problem situation, MP) seems to impair the effectiveness of the provided legal help. Methods A face-to-face survey among 421 visitors of 4 LSC locations was administered (2019). Analyses Statistical techniques were used to assess the occurrence of MP, the association with the numbers of contacts with the LSC, the background characteristics of clients with and without MP, and the multivariate association between stress, MP and use of the LSC. Results 44,1% of the respondents reported MP. Those reported a higher number of contacts with the LSC in the past year. MP clients were older and had a lower education level. Financial (58%), conflictual (56%) and physical health (41%) problems were mostly reported. Stress and number of problems were related to a higher attendance to the LSC. Discussion Legal aid services should set out systematic collaboration paths with other social services, starting off by an assessment of the problem domains, to contribute to an effective solution of those issues, including the legal one.
{"title":"Legal aid and clients with multiple problems: a first screening at the Dutch Legal Services Counter","authors":"M. Lamkaddem, S. Tonnon, Maaike C. Keesen, Esther M. Verboon, Quirine E. Eijkman, G. van der Veen","doi":"10.1080/09695958.2022.2074424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2022.2074424","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Introduction The Legal Services counters (LSC) is the first contact point for legal aid in the Netherlands. Professionals reported dealing with a client group combining problems on several dimensions, next to the legal issue. This combination (multiple problem situation, MP) seems to impair the effectiveness of the provided legal help. Methods A face-to-face survey among 421 visitors of 4 LSC locations was administered (2019). Analyses Statistical techniques were used to assess the occurrence of MP, the association with the numbers of contacts with the LSC, the background characteristics of clients with and without MP, and the multivariate association between stress, MP and use of the LSC. Results 44,1% of the respondents reported MP. Those reported a higher number of contacts with the LSC in the past year. MP clients were older and had a lower education level. Financial (58%), conflictual (56%) and physical health (41%) problems were mostly reported. Stress and number of problems were related to a higher attendance to the LSC. Discussion Legal aid services should set out systematic collaboration paths with other social services, starting off by an assessment of the problem domains, to contribute to an effective solution of those issues, including the legal one.","PeriodicalId":43893,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of the Legal Profession","volume":"29 1","pages":"303 - 317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43206452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2022.2084813
A. Sherr
Our first three items deal with well-being in the legal professions. Melville et al. look at how Junior Academics are pressured in Australian university law schools; Soon et al. consider the problem of how to satisfy psychological needs and well-being among solicitors in the UK; and Chlap et al. look at how workplace characteristics affect stress and empathy among lawyers in Australia. Altogether these underline the importance of considering the effects of legal work and learning on the mental health of lawyers, law students, legal educators and clients. Chan et al. analyse what happened when ‘judicial scriveners’, a lower form of legal professional than ‘bengoshi’, were given rights of audience in lower courts in Japan. Although effects are masked by other issues, the expansion of lawyers available to conduct litigation did not result in increased litigation and clients in general preferred to instruct bengoshi rather than judicial scriveners, despite relatively lower fees. Two legal education articles from China and Australia end this issue. Yuan shows how the theory/practice dichotomy has been played out in the People’s Republic of China since the inception of a new Juris Master degree in 1996. Intended to be more practice oriented, the JM suffered problems from social, cultural and political perspectives. Yuan suggests a competence-based educational scheme of problem-based learning, international perspectives and professional lawyers teaching with practical experience, which might also lessen central state control. Douglas et al. give the views of Australian lawyers on how planning conflicts may be settled by alternative dispute resolution systems. Learning from mentors proved to be a very useful addition to training.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-11DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2022.2032082
Nora Chlap, Rhondalynn Brown
ABSTRACT Recent studies indicate that lawyers are at greater risk of experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and burnout symptoms than other occupational groups and the general population. Opinion pieces have suggested that workplace culture and law practice characteristics can explain the distress. However, no empirical studies have considered the potential impact of the factors on lawyer’s mental health or evaluated the potential impact of lawyer’s mental health on their clients. Empathy is an essential component of legal practice especially during client interactions; and prior research in doctors has shown that stress, anxiety, depression and burnout are associated with low empathy. This study examined the relationship between workplace characteristics, psychological stress, affective distress (i.e. anxiety, depression), burnout and empathy in lawyers. Private practice and in-house lawyers (n = 200) completed a questionnaire asking about work-stress, supervisor and organisational support, stress, affective distress, burnout and empathy. Analyses showed that psychological stress and burnout in lawyers was related to greater work-stress and a lack of perceived organisational support, and in turn, psychological stress and burnout were associated with low empathy in lawyers. Results suggest that stressful and unsupportive workplaces may contribute to stress, affective distress and burnout in lawyers that may have implications for lawyer-client interactions.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-09DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2021.2016416
K. Douglas, R. Goodman, A. Kallies
ABSTRACT Lawyers’ alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practice is an important part of legal practice and education. In this research project, we explored the views of planning lawyers in Melbourne, Australia who were engaged in the ADR processes of mediation and compulsory conferencing. The participants interviewed endorsed the use of ADR in planning disputes and spoke of the need to adopt a collaborative approach drawing on their negotiation and communication skills. They also spoke of their role providing legal expertise in a complex jurisdiction. The lawyers reflected on the nature of planning disputes where conflict can be emotional as disputes deal with the communities’ lived experience of the built environment and the wider concerns of the planning of cities. The lawyers showed the ability to focus on the larger justice issues that affect the jurisdiction. Additionally, the study explored the lawyers’ views on their training in ADR. While some participants appreciated ADR training courses, many pointed to the benefits of learning from those lawyers experienced in planning law disputes. The research presented here suggests the need for ongoing peer support and mentorship for lawyers in the use of ADR, in addition to training, that is particular to their jurisdiction.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-31DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2021.2014853
S. Gibens, Johan Boxstaens, P. Vereecke
ABSTRACT In Flanders, a renewed Decree on Local Social Policy (2018) introduced the concept of “Integrated-Rights Practice” (IRP). In brief, IRP aims to guarantee social rights by creating local interorganizational networks that foster generalist, pro-active, outreaching, strengths-based and participative social work interventions (Boost et al., 2018). In our paper, we will focus on an ongoing project in which IRP is applied to the specific field of socio-juridical practice in Antwerp. In this project, interorganizational collaboration between different social work services is expanded with partners from the field of justice (courts, lawyers, magistrates, …) in an effort to lower existing thresholds that impair access to justice and lead to non-take-up of rights. In order to evaluate this innovative practice, we use the CAIMeR-model developed by Blom and Morèn (2010). Guided by the theoretical structure of CAIMeR, we designed a methodological framework in which we combine structured direct observations and semi-structured interviews.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-26DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2021.2019996
A. Sherr
We open 2022 with a lament on researching the legal profession. Flood’s earlier work on the English Bar set him in the perfect position to report on the “cab rank rule”. Flood sets out the fascinating research undertaken on what appears as a “simple concept intended to be a bulwark of the rule of law”; and the ferocious reaction of the Bar to the ensuing Report. The then chair of the Criminal Bar Association wrote, “Read it and weep”. You will read this and enjoy every moment. Dehaghani and Newman look at the challenges to legal aid criminal defence lawyers in South Wales, UK, through the prism of “resilience” of both lawyers and clients. They argue that undermining criminal defence increases the resilience of the prosecution and could set an imbalance in the justice system. Schultz discusses the role of women lawyers in arbitrations in Germany where such work had long been confined to men. “Women’s voice”, “report talk vs. rapport talk”, different gender approaches, the need for women in negotiations, the horizontal segregation of women into different professional work are mentioned against the background of gender inequality in the upper reaches of the profession. The need to reach a critical mass of 30% participation is assisted by creative networks, “women’s events” and growing awareness of disparity. Dawuni portrays the development of the legal profession in Ghana from the establishment of the first Law School in 1958. Seen through the eyes of some 30 interviewees, whilst detailed background data are as yet unavailable, the periods of colonisation, indigenisation, professionalisation and globalisation are discussed to show the changing dynamics in the profession. Quartey et al. provide research on how clients react to the competence of female lawyers in Ghana. Matching law firms’ concepts of competence with clients’ satisfaction with lawyers provides a well-known dichotomy. Quartey et al. stretch this complexity to how clients perceive the competence of female lawyers through “gender schemas”, arguing for better work–life balance and that law firms should use client perceptions more in assessing competence.
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Pub Date : 2021-12-26DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2021.2020657
L. Soon, James Walsh, A. McDowall, K. Teoh
ABSTRACT Rising reports of poor mental health and well-being in lawyers across multiple jurisdictions, notably the United States of America, Australia, and the United Kingdom (UK), have led to a growing international focus on this topic. Yet there remains a paucity of empirical data on the well-being of solicitors practising in England and Wales. Framed by self-determination theory (SDT), we undertook a cross-sectional survey of 340 trainee and qualified solicitors in England and Wales to (1) benchmark the psychological well-being of solicitors against other UK occupational groups and adult population norms; and (2) test relationships between mindfulness, satisfaction of basic psychological needs (perceived autonomy, relatedness, and competence at work) and psychological well-being. The SDT components positively and significantly related to well-being. Mindfulness partially mediated the pathway between basic psychological needs satisfaction and well-being, suggesting that satisfaction of these needs may in themselves facilitate higher mindfulness, thereby contributing to greater levels of well-being. We conceive that autonomy, relatedness, and competence at work provide the psychological space necessary for mindfulness to be cultivated, within which well-being can thrive. These findings support the importance of a systemic approach to solicitors’ well-being to safeguard basic psychological needs in the workplace.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-30DOI: 10.1080/09695958.2021.1990068
A. Melville, A. Barrow
ABSTRACT Junior legal academics represent the future of teaching and research in law schools, and are vital in shaping the future of the legal profession. However, while research has focused on academic staff appointed on casual contracts, we know very little about junior academics who have obtained permanent employment. This paper examines the biographies of 700 junior academics within Australian law schools. It reveals that junior academics face many challenges. The opportunity for junior academics to gain a permanent post within an Australian law school is diminishing, and those that do gain permanent employment face unprecedented pressure. They often need to undertake doctorate studies at the same time as they carry a full academic workload. Many bring professional experience, but this experience does not appear to be well-valued within an academic environment. Female junior academics face even further barriers, which have a detrimental impact upon their research performance.
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