Fostering "Quiet Inclusion": Interaction and Diversity in the Australian Law Classroom
Author(s)
Israel, Mark
Skead, Natalie
Heath, Mary
Hewitt, Anne
Galloway, Kate
Steel, Alex
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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Law schools and the legal profession in Australia have long been associated with social reproduction of the elite.1 Scholars have been inclined to reflect on the structural arrangements that sustain this association, which form one important dimension of its persistence. However, the ways people interact with one another can also entrench privilege, by indicating that the values, attributes, and views of some people are either accepted and wanted or are unaccepted and unwanted—quietly including or excluding. This sorting also happens in law schools and in legal practice, partly because of behavior modeled in law schools.Law schools and the legal profession in Australia have long been associated with social reproduction of the elite.1 Scholars have been inclined to reflect on the structural arrangements that sustain this association, which form one important dimension of its persistence. However, the ways people interact with one another can also entrench privilege, by indicating that the values, attributes, and views of some people are either accepted and wanted or are unaccepted and unwanted—quietly including or excluding. This sorting also happens in law schools and in legal practice, partly because of behavior modeled in law schools.
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Journal Title
Journal of Legal Education
Volume
66
Issue
2
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Subject
Legal education
Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
Government & Law
Education