ABSTRACT

Law Student Oaths, Honour Codes and Pledges have been variously used as a way to communicate and regulate standards of law student behaviour and to inculcate them into the ethical and professional values and attitudes seen as important for future legal professionals, such as a commitment to honesty and integrity. Variations of Oaths, Codes and Pledges are used extensively in America and in many other parts of the world. However, they have never really featured in the Australian university landscape. This article reports on the introduction of a Law Student Pledge as part of the first year law experience at the University of Wollongong (UOW) in New South Wales, Australia. Through focus groups held with students, feedback from first year teaching staff, and through a practice of collaborative review, this article reports on the impact, benefits and challenges of introducing the Pledge at UOW, as well as the research team’s learnings and the future development of the Pledge.

摘要

法学院学生的誓言，荣誉守则和誓言已被用作沟通和规范法学院学生行为标准并将其灌输对道德和专业价值观和态度的一种方式，这些价值观和态度被视为对未来法律专业人士至关重要，例如对诚实的承诺。和诚信。誓言，规则和誓言的变体在美国和世界许多其他地区得到广泛使用。但是，它们从未真正出现在澳大利亚大学中。本文报道了在澳大利亚新南威尔士州卧龙岗大学（UOW）开设第一年法律经验的一部分，介绍了法律学生誓言。通过与学生举行的焦点小组讨论，一年级教学人员的反馈以及通过协作审核的实践，本文报告了其影响，