ABSTRACT The recent debate concerning changes in the examination for entry to the solicitors’ profession have seen the law schools present themselves as being in a vulnerable position – victims of a controlling and regulatory legal profession. The debate has also revived concern about the dichotomy between teaching law as a liberal arts subject and teaching law as vocational training. This legal history review provides a snapshot of the discourses concerning academic legal education, what was perceived as desirable and whether this was achieved in practice. This review teaches us that academia has had greater power and control over the nature and role of legal education than it ever really wanted.

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自由、职业和法律教育：法律史回顾——从 Blackstone 到法律学位 (1972)

摘要 最近关于律师职业准入考试变化的辩论已经看到法学院将自己置于弱势地位——控制和监管法律职业的受害者。这场辩论还重新引发了人们对作为文科学科的法律教学与作为职业培训的教学法之间的二分法的担忧。本法律史回顾提供了有关学术法律教育的论述的快照，被认为是可取的以及这是否在实践中实现。这篇评论告诉我们，学术界对法律教育的性质和作用拥有比它真正想要的更大的权力和控制权。