Vulnerability, the future of the criminal defence profession, and the implications for teaching and learning

Harris, Nicola, Dehaghani, Roxanna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7400-9433 and Newman, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-1026 2021. Vulnerability, the future of the criminal defence profession, and the implications for teaching and learning. Law Teacher 55 (1) , pp. 57-67. 10.1080/03069400.2021.1872872

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Abstract

Legally aided criminal defence work is under significant strain at present following fee stagnations and funding cuts over the last 20 years. This has obvious implications for those working in criminal defence practice, which have been examined in the literature on access to criminal justice. However, the implications for teaching and learning within criminal law and practice have been not been subject to much attention. Within we reflect on the teaching and learning challenges. Further, we use a Fineman vulnerability analysis to illustrate how the challenges faced by criminal defence practice – in the face of a crumbling criminal justice system – affect criminal law and process teaching and learning. Finally, we explore how the resilience of criminal defence can be provided (or bolstered) by and within the academe.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice (CCLJ)
Subjects:	K Law > KD England and Wales
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0306-9400
Funders:	British Academy
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	20 January 2021
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2024 04:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/137828

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