Abstract
The authors write this piece to plug the gap in literature that looks at an international perspective of clinical legal education and its lessening orientation towards legal and public service projects and activism. The authors undertake a comparative analysis of clinical legal education in the United States and in India, to examine the direction clinical legal education is taking and should take in relation to the balance between public service and educational goals. The authors observe that while clinical programs in the United States have tended to shift their focus away from legal aid and public service goals to broader academic and educational goals consistent with the integration of clinical legal education into the law school mainstream, clinical programs in India have remained firmly rooted in and closely tied to the legal aid movement. (Editor’s abstract.)
Recommended Citation
Bloch, Frank S. and Ishar, Iqbal S.
(1991)
"Legal Aid and Public Service: Future Directions in Clinicial Legal Education,"
National Law School Journal: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vol3/iss1/2