Embedding Professionalism into Legal Education

Journal of Law, Business & Ethics, Vol. 18, p. 41, February 2012

22 Pages Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last revised: 31 Dec 2012

Date Written: April 7, 2011

Abstract

There has been a repeated call to incorporate professionalism training in legal education in order to assist students in developing professionalism. While law schools have begun to answer this call, they often fail to teach and assess actual professionalism behaviors of their law students. Such failure results in lost opportunities to impart to law students the expectations of the legal profession, as well as to help them to develop the highest standards of conduct. This article will present information about a model of professionalism assessment in medical education and how it can be integrated into legal education to facilitate the teaching and evaluation of professionalism in law students.

Keywords: professionalism, legal education, lawyer professionalism, lawyer training

Suggested Citation

Platfoot Lacey, Denise, Embedding Professionalism into Legal Education (April 7, 2011). Journal of Law, Business & Ethics, Vol. 18, p. 41, February 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1975368

Denise Platfoot Lacey (Contact Author)

University of Dayton - School of Law ( email )

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HOME PAGE: http://www.udayton.edu/directory/law/lacey_denise_platfoot.php

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