Scottish legal education after Brexit. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Da Lomba, Sylvie; Fletcher, Maria; Zahn, Rebecca
• Is Part Of: Law teacher. Volume 53:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 147
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Scotland -- Scots law -- legal education -- Brexit; Law -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 340.07
• DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2019.1572269
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-9400

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper offers some reflections on the possible consequences of Brexit for legal education in Scotland. Scotland's small and distinctive legal system is bolstered by devolved legislative powers and characterised by a tradition of openness to external influences. Scotland's legal system and relatedly, its legal education system, will be poorer for Brexit. That said, this paper argues that the features and traditions of the legal system and legal higher education system in Scotland make them well placed (and perhaps better placed than those in the other domestic jurisdictions) to resist such dampening pressures and indeed to embrace EU legacies and other European and international influences.