Chris Simmonds, Solicitor Tutor

Focus GroupSocial Justice, Sustainability and Clinical Legal Education

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Outline

❖ 3 Exercises:

❖ Odd one out

❖ Diamond 9/16

❖ Open floor debate - statements

Background

❖ Social justice/distributive justice

❖ Sustainability

❖ Clinical legal education

Odd One Out

❖ Groups of 5/6

❖ Focus on issues that may need require legal advice/representation

❖ What is unique to each group?

❖ What is common to community groups & individuals/community groups & local businesses/local businesses & individuals?

❖ What is common to all 3?

Diamond 9/16

❖ Select the 9/16 issues that you consider to be most important

❖ Rank them according to precedence - please stick to the diamond layout

Open Floor Debate

❖ Planning law is a commercial issue and should be left to the experts.

❖ Business law is a threat to the social justice mission of clinical legal education.

❖ Clinics should have nothing to do with social justice - it should all be about the educational benefit to the students.

❖ Means testing has no place in Clinical Legal Education.