Law beyond the glass skyscrapers: Encouraging law students to embrace regional life and practice

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2024

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Hess, N.
Giancaspro, M.
Plater, D.

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Alternative Law Journal�, 2024; 49(1):68-74

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Nadia Hess, Mark Giancaspro, and David Plater

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The shortage of law graduates outside the city raises adverse implications for access to justice for Australian regional, rural and remote (RRR), and Aboriginal communities. This article discusses an extracurricular educational initiative implemented at the University of Adelaide Law School in 2021 and 2022 geared towards contributing to a solution for this problem. The initiative consisted of a series of immersion and exposure trips throughout regional South Australia for law students with interest in pursuing regional employment. This article discusses the initiative, the pedagogical rationale as well as the impact of the program, providing a blueprint for other universities considering similar initiatives.

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© The Author(s) 2023. CC BY 4.0 DEED Attribution 4.0 International

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