Scottish legal education after Brexit |
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Authors: | Sylvie Da Lomba Maria Fletcher Rebecca Zahn |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Strathclyde, Law School, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomsylvie.da-lomba@strath.ac.uk;3. University of Glasgow, School of Law, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom;4. University of Strathclyde, Law School, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis paper offers some reflections on the possible consequences of Brexit for legal education in Scotland. Scotland’s small and distinctive legal system is bolstered by devolved legislative powers and characterised by a tradition of openness to external influences. Scotland’s legal system and relatedly, its legal education system, will be poorer for Brexit. That said, this paper argues that the features and traditions of the legal system and legal higher education system in Scotland make them well placed (and perhaps better placed than those in the other domestic jurisdictions) to resist such dampening pressures and indeed to embrace EU legacies and other European and international influences. |
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Keywords: | Scotland Scots law legal education Brexit |
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