Clinical Legal Education in Asia : Accessing Justice for the Underprivileged

This Book Describes The History, Present Status And Possible Future Models Of Clinical Legal Education (cle) In 12 Asian Countries, With Particular Focus On The Asian Character Of Cle As It Has Evolved In Different Countries. Introduction : Clinical Legal Education And Its Asian Characteristics / Bruce Avery Lasky And Shuvro Prosun Sarker -- Better Lawyers, Better Justice : Introducing Clinical Legal Education In The Maldives / Marium Jabyn And Rogena Sterling -- Chinese Clinical Legal Education : Globalizing And Localizing / Cecily E. Baskir, Ma Liqun, And Li Ao -- Clinical Education In South Korean Law Schools : Challenges And Hopes / Helen Haekyong Kang And Kyung Sin Park -- Clinical Education In Taiwanese Law Schools / Thomas Chih-hsiung Chen -- Clinical Legal Education In Israel / Yael Efron -- Clinical Legal Education In Palestine : A Clinical Case Under Military Occupation / Mutaz M. Qafisheh -- Clinical Legal Education In Singapore / Rathna N. Koman And Helena Whalen-bridge -- Clinical Legal Education In Thailand : A Pedagogy Whose Time Has Come / Panarairat Srichaiyarat, Lisa Radtke Bliss And Withoon Taloodkum -- Empowering The Underprivileged : The Social Justice Mission For Clinical Legal Education In India / Shuvro Prosun Sarker -- Legal Clinical Education In Japan : A Work In Progress / Matthew J. Wilson -- Legal Clinics In Turkey / Julian Lonbay And Musa Toprak -- Pathways To Social Transformation Through Clinic : Developing A Social Justice Culture In Hong Kong / Luke Marsh And Michael Ramsden. Edited By Shuvro Prosun Sarker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction: Clinical Legal Education and Its Asian Characteristics....Pages 1-15 Better Lawyers, Better Justice: Introducing Clinical Legal Education in the Maldives....Pages 17-35 Chinese Clinical Legal Education: Globalizing and Localizing....Pages 37-52 Clinical Education in South Korean Law Schools: Challenges and Hopes....Pages 53-74 Clinical Education in Taiwanese Law Schools....Pages 75-89 Clinical Legal Education in Israel....Pages 91-111 Clinical Legal Education in Palestine: A Clinical Case under Military Occupation....Pages 113-135 Clinical Legal Education in Singapore....Pages 137-158 Clinical Legal Education in Thailand: A Pedagogy Whose Time Has Come....Pages 159-175 Empowering the Underprivileged: The Social Justice Mission for Clinical Legal Education in India....Pages 177-193 Legal Clinical Education in Japan: A Work in Progress....Pages 195-213 Legal Clinics in Turkey....Pages 215-227 Pathways to Social Transformation through Clinic: Developing a “Social Justice” Culture in Hong Kong....Pages 229-247 Back Matter....Pages 249-250 This book describes the history, present status and possible future models of clinical legal education (CLE) in 12 Asian jurisdictions: China, Hong Kong, India, Palestine, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Maldives, and South Korea