The symbiotic integration of theory and practice: a sui generis approach

[摘要] English: The teaching of a substantive law subject and the teaching of a practical skillscourse have the potential for integration. Students should leave institutions ofhigher learning with theoretical knowledge, practical skills and the ability tointegrate both in pursuit of a career. In order to produce well qualified graduates,more attention ought to be paid to practical legal training in the initial years ofstudy. This study intends to recommend possible solutions towards theintegration of legal theory and skills. This study advocates the full integration oftheory and practice in the law curriculum and will further argue that clinical legaleducation is the best vehicle to achieve this. The study will conclude that clinicallegal education should be viewed as the culmination point of other skills trainingoptions. The South African solution to legal education may lie in an approachwhich combines different methodologies in all four years of the LL. B degree.

[发布机构] University of the Free State