Substantive second-level reasoning and experiential learning in legal ethics

Kruuse, Helen

Title: Substantive second-level reasoning and experiential learning in legal ethics
Creator: Kruuse, Helen
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68983
Identifier: vital:29345
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC127082
Description: Publisher version
Description: This article takes a critical look at law teaching in South Africa and seeks to consider how the application of experiential learning theory may assist law students in gaining a deeper understanding of the law in general, and the complexities of real life practice in particular. While clinical legal education is often seen as the locus of experiential learning in law, the author proposes that well-structured simulations in class can achieve similar goals. The article comprises a description of the nature of experiential learning and a further description of the application of the principles of experiential learning in a particular simulation exercise in a Legal Ethics course (using the US case of Wash St Phys Ins Exch v Fisons Corp 858 P2d 1054 (Wash 1993) as a basis). The author posits that the so-called experiential learning "cycle" or "process" enables a process of learning which draws out the students' beliefs and ideas about a topic so that it can be examined, tested and integrated with new, more refined ideas. This notion is then in keeping with the expectation that students who emerge from higher education institutions have developed meta-cognitive skills. Essentially then, it is hoped that, by using the methods proposed in this article, students can then manage their own development and learning throughout life.
Format: 17 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Juta Law Publishing
Language: English
Relation: Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif
Relation: Kruuse, H. (2012) Substantive second-level reasoning and experiential learning in legal ethics. Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif, 23 (2), 280-296. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC127082
Relation: Stellenbosch Law Review = Stellenbosch Regstydskrif volume 23 number 2 280 296 2012 1996-2193
Rights: Juta Law Publishing
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Stellenbosch Law Review

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