ABSTRACT

This paper draws on our continuing work on the neoliberal and marketised law school and seeks to understand how we might apply vulnerability theory to address some of the problems resulting from current higher education and law school contexts. After outlining our understanding of vulnerability theory and summarising what we believe are some of the ills of a neoliberal law school, this paper argues that vulnerability theory allows us to reframe our thinking about academic labour and law schools on a theoretical level. As such it is useful for a longer-term project which seeks to challenge existing structures. For more immediate concerns however, the paper suggests, vulnerability theory is less useful because it does not yet provide tools which can be easily operationalised to make a significant difference in our everyday academic lives.

摘要

本文利用我们在新自由主义和市场化法学院上的持续工作，力图了解我们如何应用脆弱性理论来解决当前高等教育和法学院背景下产生的一些问题。在概述了我们对脆弱性理论的理解并总结了我们认为是新自由主义法学院的弊端之后，本文认为脆弱性理论使我们能够在理论层面上重新构筑对学术劳动和法学院的思考。因此，它对于试图挑战现有结构的长期项目很有用。但是，对于更直接的关注​​，论文认为，脆弱性理论的用处不大，因为它还没有提供可以容易地操作以对我们的日常学术生活产生重大影响的工具。